Indrani Patnaik Mines and Triveni Earth Movers charged by Orissa government for illegal mining
Alleged rogues, Iron Ore December 3rd. 2009, 11:00amFollowing is an excerpt from an IANS report by Hardeep Sidhu in topnews.in.
The Orissa vigilance department Thursday filed criminal cases against the state’s two leading companies for their alleged involvement in illegal mining, a senior official said.
"The cases have been filed against Indrani Patnaik Mines and Triveni Earth Movers at vigilance police station at Balasore," Vigilance Department Director Anup Kumar Patnaik told IANS.
He said that 10 cases of illegal mining have been filed till now. Balasore is some 200 km from here.
Both companies have been accused of illegally mining iron ore in the mineral rich district of Keonjhar. …
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December 4th, 2009 at 8:28 am
what has been reposted now is only the tip of the iceberg. Many many more would have already taken cover. We Odias must now understand that people inside and from outside have systematically looted the natural resources. While it is pretty deplorable to sit and do nothing about our natural resources it is criminal to allow this loot. One must remember that all these stem from developments projects that are cleared by the state government after taking bribes in different forms including cash. The government (read : ministers & bureacrats) take money even before an MOU is signed. After that they are forced to do crazy things and go out of the way to please the investors.In the process the project gets into a quagmire. While the projects does not move, the investor keeps waiting indefintely as his money is stuck with the ministers. No prizes for guessing who the sufferers are.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
The state govt has failed to stop illegal mining as many big bosses from the govt are involved and not yet able to capture the roots of these activities. Hpoe Naveen govt will do somthing.
January 13th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
its all govt. politics, why are we blaming a contractor when the politician or related once owned the mines and leasing them which violated the law on first hand. First these owners should be punished. Contractor is outsider, why not look into own collars first. Hope citizen would understand the politician are themselve the corrupt once.