KHARSANG, Mar 21: Raids were carried out at coke manufacturing plants in the Kharsang area and entire illegal coke bhattas were dismantled in a joint operation.
Secretary (Geology & Mining) Anirudh Saran Singh accompanied by the Director Tassar Talar and a team of officers assisted by District Administration & police jointly carried out the raid.
The raid was made after locals of Longtom village,Kharsang complained about  the illegal extraction of raw coal in and around  Namchik-Namphuk Coalfield area which are afterwards  supplied to coke bhattas at the rate of Rs.9000 per tipper.
The inspecting team has found existence of more than 50 coke bhattas in and around  Kharsang area.  These coke bhattas are principal procurer of these unlawfully raised coals. They convert them into finished product i.e coke and then supply them outside the state at high price resulting in huge loss of revenue to the state exchequer.
The Secretary(G&M)  viewing the gravity of the situation instructed ADC,Miao to take prompt action against persons involved in illegal mining activites and further instructed  to seize and confiscate all the coal and finished products. For last many months,the Kharsang area has been in the limelight in various social media and on TV for wrong reasons which caught the attention of the government.
Taking serous note of various media reports, the Secretary and Director took the decision to stop the unlawful coal mining activities in the Kharsang area and hence raided various locations.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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