Contrary to the claim of the State Government that no iron ore was buried at the Renjda railway siding in Sundargarh illegally, the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), which probed the incident, has confirmed dumping of the mineral in about 2,400 cubic metres of area.
The IBM team’s report recently submitted to the Union Ministry of Mines revealed that seven out of 16 samples are commercial grade iron ore. This means seven samples have high grade iron. The report revealed that iron ore was dumped in an area 80 of metre width, 20 metre length and 1.5 metre depth.
Meanwhile, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, on whose petition the Mines Ministry conducted the IBM inquiry, said his claim of
illegal dumping of iron ore came true.
He demanded that the State Government take action against the guilty, even against