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As many as 20 teams comprising a total of around 100 officials were on Friday engaged by district administration to take stock of the granite stones hidden by the mining firms in Keelaiyur village near Melur.
The huge granite blocks, camouflaged by soil, gravel, blue metals and sludge, were reportedly hoarded on both the private and the government property in the village.
The special teams were roped in by the Revenue Department officials as per the directions of Collector Anshul Mishra.
Sources said that the teams, with five members each, have already begun their work in Keelaiyur.
The teams, led by the Collector, have been identifying the granite stones, apart from measuring and marking them.
“We are planning to complete the enumeration as early as possible. Hence additional officials from various taluks have been deployed,” an official said.
Meanwhile, another team comprising five members have been perusing documents relating to the water bodies located in the Melur taluk. There have been claims that many of these water bodies were encroached upon by the granite majors.
Details pertaining to the water tanks, irrigation canals and poramboke land belonging to the local body and the public works department were being collected from the offices of the registrar and the local body.
“Photocopies of the records will be submitted before the court to take action against the encroachers,” said an official.
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