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States » EastPosted at: Nov 13 2020 6:11PM


Odisha identifies five river beds for sand mining

Bhubaneswar, Nov 13 (UNI) Odisha government has identified five large stretches of river sand beds with an area of above 100 acres for sand mining.
Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy today asked the Principal Secretary Water Resources Smt Anu Garg to scientifically identify such sand beds in the major rivers like Mahanadi, Rushikulya, Subarnarekha, Baitarani, Brahmani keeping in view the unabated flow of the watercourse and other environmental issues”.
The department was advised to complete first phase identification in two months.TheChief Secretary directed to make district-wise demand-supply gap assessment for monitoring the availability of minor minerals in all the districts. The issues relating to the scope of exploration of minor minerals from royal land were also discussed in the meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary.
After accomplishing a 124 per cent increase in revenue generation from minor minerals in the FY 2019-20, the State has further enhanced its resource base in the sector.
The Chief Secretary directed to “evolve the strategy for optimizing the sustainable use of the minor minerals”. The department was advised to professionalize the Directorate of Minor Minerals with the public sector approaches for “increasing availability.
Mr Tripathy directed to “focus on process reengineering for tracking the extraction and transportation of minor minerals through the application of i4MS software”.
He also advised Additional Chief Secretary Environment Dr Mona Sharma, present in the meeting to make State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) more efficient with necessary technical and manpower support.
The SEIAA was also asked to expedite the issue environmental clearances within a specified period, “because of the extensive efforts in the current year, the total number of minor mineral sources, as of today has reached 4667 out of which 1428 sources have already been put to operation”.
Mr Tripathy directed the Collectors to operationalize all potential sources by 30th November.
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