Odisha asks district authorities to initiate action against errant miners

State govt seeks status report on steps taken against miners who failed to pay Supreme Court-mandated compensation

Miners in Odisha who failed to pay the Supreme Court-mandated compensation are headed for trouble. The state steel & mines department has asked collectors of two iron ore rich districts, Keonjhar and Sundargarh, to submit status reports on action initiated against the defaulters.

In a letter to the two district authorities, R K Sharma, principal secretary (steel & mines), Odisha government, has sought the status report on action taken with respect to identification of properties to initiate certificate cases. Much to the dismay of the department, the district collectors were yet to apprise it on the details of meetings of the