7,000 cases of illegal mining last year : The Tribune India

7,000 cases of illegal mining last year

DHARAMSALA: Illegal mining has been rampant in the state.



Tribune News Service

Dharamsala, January 14

Illegal mining has been rampant in the state. In the past two years, the Mining Department has imposed a fine worth Rs 7 crore on accused in mining cases. The fine has been imposed by 39 departments. In 2013, 5,300 cases of illegal mining were detected while in 2014 about 7,000 cases were reported.

Minister for Industry Mukesh Agnihotri said since 39 departments were authorised to check illegal mining, the number of cases of illegal mining in the last two years were more than 12,000. Though the department had been stringent in checking illegal mining, the number of cases of illegal mining rose from 5,300 in 2013 to 7,000. Last year, the department collected Rs 4.5 crore from fine.

The maximum cases of illegal mining were reported from Kangra and Una districts.

Top News

Not Government of India’s policy to conduct extra judicial killings abroad: Jaishankar on Nijjar killing

Not Government of India’s policy to conduct extra judicial killings abroad: Jaishankar on Nijjar killing

The minister's comments come against the backdrop of the US ...

Credible evidence of India's involvement in killing of Sikh separatist, says Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh

Credible evidence of India's involvement in killing of Sikh separatist, says Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh

Describing the allegations levelled by Justin Trudeau agains...

NIA raids 30 places in Punjab to unearth terrorist-gangster-smuggler nexus

NIA raids 30 places in Punjab to unearth terrorist-gangster-smuggler nexus

Raids 51 places in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP, Delhi

Chandigarh scientist honoured at CSIR's 82nd foundation day

Chandigarh scientist honoured at CSIR's 82nd foundation day

Ashwani Kumar's work on potential reduction in TB treatment ...

Faridkot’s Sift Kaur clinches historic gold with World Record in Asian Games

Sift Kaur from Punjab's Faridkot shoots gold at Asian Games; creates world record

The 22-year-old breaks British shooter Seonaid McIntosh’s wo...


Cities

View All