Tag: Stone Quarries

Bhubaneswar: Khurda Tehsildar Suvendra Samal and Sadar IIC Bikram Jena today deposed before the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch probing the collusion between mining mafia, corrupt government officials and politicians in the illegal stone mining operations in Khurda. Earlier, the STF had served notices to  Samal and Jena and they were asked to […]

Rayagada: Following the death of three people in the Gunupur stone quarry blast, under Rayagada block, the Koraput district administration on Friday ordered the tehsildars to take stern action against illegal blasting in quarries. According to reports, blasting in more than 30 stone quarries in the district is taking place without obtaining any permission from […]