The West Bengal government is setting up a police task force to handle the menace from sand mafia, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Wednesday.
"Police is forming a task force which will address the threat arising from illegal sand procurement... Such illegal things will not be tolerated," she said while presiding over her 100th District Administrative Review Meeting here.
The chief minister said she is considering measures also to address the problem of illegal coal mining.
