Illegal Mining Of Minor Minerals: Will The New Action Plan Help To Curb It?

Bhubaneswar: Even if the Odisha revenue department has prepared a new action plan to curb unauthorised mining of minor minerals, the unbridled illegal practice still continues unabated in some places of the State raising questions if the initiative will actually be successful. A recent glaring example of the illegal mining has come to fore from […]

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Bhubaneswar: Even if the Odisha revenue department has prepared a new action plan to curb unauthorised mining of minor minerals, the unbridled illegal practice still continues unabated in some places of the State raising questions if the initiative will actually be successful.

A recent glaring example of the illegal mining has come to fore from the banks of Subarnarekha river near Mahulia along Balasore-Mayurbhanj border where rampant extraction of sand continues despite public protest.