Divisional commissioner...ordered district collectors to constitute special teams to nip the menace of the illegal sand mining in the bud. A meeting of the officials from five districts in the division will be convened in next couple of days to discuss steps to curb illegal sand mining..the commissioner issued a letter to the collectors of Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar and Ahmednagar districts on March 31 asking them to take efforts to effectively stop the process of illegal mining at source...The letter, however, does not mention the recent incidents of revenue officials being attacked or receiving threats.