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 ).