Chief Minister Raman Singh informed the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Monday that there had been no reports of any written complaint lodged on illegal mining of Kimberlite in identified regions in Mainpur Tehsil of Gariayaband district during the past three years.
In a written reply to BJP member Devjibhai Patel, the Chief Minister stated that the responsibility of checking illegal mining had been entrusted with the officials of police, forest and mining departments in the district.
He said that the villages Payalikhand, Behradih, Kodomali, Jangda, Kusumbura regions had been identified for Kimberlite mining.
Singh also informed that new police stations have been opened in Shobha, Payalikhand, Amlipadar and Indagaon being insurgency infested regions.
Constant vigil is being kept by the police through patrolling and setting up of the mobile check posts to keep vigil on suspicious persons through the help of informers, he said.