Stop unauthorised people in coal mines: Dhanbad DC

Dhanbad: Deputy commissioner (DC) Sandeep Singh urged the coal companies, the outsourcing companies, and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to make necessary amendments in their Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to stop the entry of unauthorised people in the mining area besides the abandoned mines to stop illegal mining in the district.
Addressing a joint meeting of the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) management, the Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) management, the district administration, the CISF personnel, and the police officials on Saturday, the DC asked the coal mining companies and the outsourcing companies to lodge an FIR against those involved in illegal mining. He also suggested equipping the security personnel with walky-talkies and install alarm systems to detect the entry of unauthorised people in mining areas.
“Mine operators have been asked to install high-mast lights and CCTV cameras in mining areas to monitor illegal mining and the entry of outsiders,” he said, while asserting that taking measures to ban the entry of outsiders in mining areas and stop illegal mining is the responsibility of coal companies and their security personnel as well as the outsourcing companies in their respective areas of operation. The district administration and the police asked the coal mining companies to take stern action against the outsourcing companies who fail to inform the former about illegal mining on time. CIL security advisor A K Pateriya, BCCL CMD Samiran Dutta, CISF DIG Vinay Kajla, Dhanbad SSP Sanjiv Kumar, SP Reeshma Rameshan were prominent among those present.