"i3MS, the online data verification and permit generation software for mineral transports, will now be connected with six different ports through which minerals are being exported from Odisha," Steel and Mines secretary D K Singh told reporters here.
The six ports - Paradip, Dhamra, Haldia, Kakinada, Vishakhapatanam and Gangavaram - would have to share data with the state government on export of minerals from Odisha through i3MS, Singh said adding the system come into force on June 1.
"The ports which fail to be part of the system, will not be allowed to handle minerals being exported from Odisha. Port authorities have to download data on export of mineral from the state in website every fortnight," said Singh.
Accordingly, the state government would have sufficient information regarding the amount of minerals being transported to other countries and the persons or companies which undertake the trade, he said adding the effort aimed to bring transparency in the mineral business and therefore checking illegal mining activities. MORE