Blowing the lid off the illegal stone quarrying racket, the collector of Jajpur district on Wednesday placed under suspension five Govt employees, including three Revenue Inspectors (RIs), on the charge of promoting the unauthorised quarrying activities.
The illegal quarrying activity was going on in the hillocks in Darpani teshil for quite a while though the administration had not accorded permission for it. The suspended employees are Ramesh Chandra Mishra and Suran Jena, both RIs of Solar revenue circle; Pagari Gilan, RI of Bairi revenue circle; Ajay Jena, Assistant RI of Bari revenue circle; and Bipin Rout, a fourth grade employee. As per the direction of Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Central) Arabinda Padhee, disciplinary steps were initiated against the erring employees.