District mining task force that includes police, administrative authorities and officials from communing companies have launched a special drive against illegal mining and transportation with filing of FIRs and capping illegal openings here in the district, but unfortunately none of the big names involved in this trade yet could be apprehended .
Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) Sanjeev Kumar said ,"On day one a FIR besides four sanha too were lodged at different police stations after the joint team conducted 46 raids in order to check illegal coal mining ".
The team also recovered over 72 tonnes of illegally mined coal but none of those involved in such activities could be arrested.
Sources said none of those against whom cases were filed in the past too could be intercepted as yet.
Several of the big wings have gone into hiding and have put a brief hold on the work as they all are aware that after the ten day drive that ends on September 25.
During the festival season the police and administrative officials would be busy in maintaining law and order owing to the upcoming month-long festival season that starts with Durga Puja and ends after Chhat . This period would be once again the time to recover the so-called losses incurred during the drive .