PTI quotes an official: ESSEL company has allegedly left its leased mining areas untouched and has been illegally raising the iron-ore beyond its surface rights.
Alleged rogues, Birlas, Essel Mining, Iron Ore, Keonjhar October 30th. 2009, 9:10amFollowing is an excerpt from a PTI report.
About 80,000 tonnes of iron-ore worth more than Rs seven crore has been seized by Orissa’s mining authorities from Koida mines in Sundargarh district, officials said today.
Mining officers, during their raids yesterday seized about 70,000 tonnes of lumps and 10,000 tonnes of fine iron-ore.
Irregularities were also found in mining operation by a contractor, they said, adding ESSEL company has allegedly left its leased mining areas untouched and has been illegally raising the iron-ore beyond its surface rights.
Essel Mining is an Aditya Birla group company. Such action, if true, by a Birla group company contractor is really unfortunate. No wonder many people in Orissa mistrust industrialists. If the above allegations are true, the Orissa government should cancel the mining lease of Essel Mining.
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Very unfortunate indeed.But fault lies with our administration that they have failed to safeguard inerests of it’s own people.But I am positive on Naveen and beleive he will take right action.Let’s not allow any outsiders to mine in Orissa unless they set up their factories there.Set up third party auditsof repute from developed countries to make sure all terms and conditions being upheld.