Stone crushers sealed in Kohat

KOHAT: On the directives of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary, the district administration has sealed 23 stone crushing machines here on Saturday.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Sahibzada Najeebullah and officials of the Mineral and Information Departments raided Togh Bala, Jurma, Tapi, Orakzai Chowk, Gulshanabad, Muhammadzai and bypass road and sealed 23 stone crushing machines.

The stone crushing machines were illegally established.

The owners were directed to fulfil legal requirements to save the area from being polluted or else stern action would be taken against them.