Deputy director of mines Visits black stone quarry In Jajpur
BY AKSHYA ROUT
JAJPUR, SEPT 24 : Jajpur Circle deputy director of mines Jayaprakash Nayak On Tuesday visited various black stone quarry areas to take stock of mining activities in At Dharamasala In Jajpur District .My main aim is to see whether everything is going all right or not.it was my routine visit said DDM Nayak ,He also directed the concerned officialsa to maintain transparency while dealing with mining activities.Many senior district level officials were present during his visit.
Recently DDM Nayak filed certificate cases against 18 black-stone quarry lease holders of Dharmasala block in Jajpur district on Friday to recover 298 crores of penalty amount from them under the Odisha Public Demands Recovery Act (OPDR Act), 1962 as they illegally over-extracted more stones beyond their lease areas.
We filed certificate cases against 18 black-stone quarry lease holders before the collector Jajpur as they did not pay 298 crores penalty which imposed on them by Revenue department last year on the charges of indulging in illegal black- stone quarrying at many hills under Dharamshala Tehsil in the district , said Jayaprakash Nayak the Deputy Director mines (Minor Minerals ).
