A Transport Department constable was seriously injured after a speeding mini-truck hit a seized sand tractor being shifted to a police station in Khammam district. He was later shifted to KIMS Hospital in Hyderabad, where senior transport officials visited him
Collector Pamela Satpathy and Police Commissioner Gaush Alam directed TGMDC to install CCTV cameras at sand quarries, checkposts and record rooms to monitor loading, weighing and movement of sand, aiming to curb illegal transportation and storage
Khammam Police have established 15 border check posts with 24/7 CCTV monitoring to curb illegal sand transportation from Andhra Pradesh. Vehicles will be seized, and cases registered, while Special Branch officers maintain surveillance to prevent illicit sand movement