ABBOTTABAD: Director North of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Abbottabad on Wednesday demanded action against 7 Crusher Plants from Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad.

EPA along with district administration had sealed these plants but they all had de-sealed themselves by their own and had started operation.

In a letter to the DC, Director EPA said that officials of the agency with additional commissioner -III Abbottabad, representatives of mines, Minerals and Industry Department had sealed all the stone crusher units at Thandiyani Road, Gumahawan and Dara Abbottabad after finding them in violation of provision of KP Environmental Protection Act 2014 an then violation of Law/rules of Industry and Minerals Department on March 25, 22.

The letter said, on revisit of the area on the complaints of the local residents found that owners of 7 units had de-sealed and had broken the official seals which include, Al-Khalid Stone Crusher, Aurangzeb Khan Stone Crusher, ZK Stone Crusher, Black Diamond Stone Crusher, Iftikhar Ali Khan Stone Crusher, Naeem Gul Khan Stone Crusher and Qazi Hammad Crusher Plant. It has been requested in the letter to the DC that action should be taken against the owners of these stone crusher plants as per law for breaking the official seals and running them illegally.