Increased demand due to prestigious projects, delay in clearances leading to illegal mining - Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism
Operational blocks can’t meet addl requirement for NHAI projects Mechanism yet to be evolved to overcome prevailing crisis Mohinder Verma JAMMU, June 19: The enormous increase in demand of minor minerals due to several ongoing prestigious projects and inordinate delay in grant of vital clearances for making operational new mining blocks are leading to illegal mining in the Jammu region. However, the Government particularly the Geology and Mining Department has yet not evolved any mechanism to overcome the prevailing crisis. […]
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