MANOJ SINHA
Ramgarh, April 24: A meeting of the District Level Mining Task Force was organized in the collectorate on Monday under the chairmanship of DC Madhavi Mishra regarding the work being done against illegal mining.
DC Madhavi Mishra and SP Piyush Pandey reviewed the works done in light of the instructions given in the previous meeting of the Mining Task Force. The DC directed to provide timely reports to the general managers and other officers of those agencies by which reports related to mining are not being made available regularly. During the review of the work being done under the complete ban on mining from illegal mouths, the DC directed the General Managers of various agencies and the District Mining Officer to complete the work of closing the mouths properly, paying special attention to this. She instructed the District Mining Officer to visit the area regularly and run the necessary investigation campaign and take the action to stop illegal mining and make available the report related to the registration of FIR in time.
SP Piyush Pandey directed all the station in-charges to pay special attention to the illegal transportation of coal by bicycle and to take action according to the rules by being vigilant in their respective areas. While reviewing the action taken to stop the illegal transportation of sand, the DC and SP gave important instructions to all circle officers and station in-charges to work in this regard in a planned manner.
The Divisional Forest Officer discussed with the officials and representatives of various agencies regarding the efforts to stop illegal mining from illegal mouths and gave necessary guidelines. He also discussed other topics including surveys and forest challan.
