The mining department of Hazaribag has collected 118 crore rupees in three months of the present financial year. In the last financial year the department collected Rs 84.70 crore.
As per the information provided by the mining department in the last financial year (2022-23) the administration fixed the target of 610 crore rupees as the department has collected 84.70 crore rupees from coal transporting, stone crushing plants and illegal sand transporting.
In the last year the department lodged 248 FIRs in the different police stations of the district. The department had submitted the charge sheet on 66 cases in the court. The department had seized 2806 tonnes of coal, 1500 tonnes of sand, 1112 tonnes chips, 941 tonnes of stone dust and 332 tonnes of boulders.
In the present financial year (2023-24) the administration has given the target of Rs 832 crore revenue collection. Out of this target the department has collected 118 ceror up to June 2023, which is 33 crore excess in comparison to the last financial year in three months.
From April to June 2023 the department lodged 27 FIRs. The process of the chargesheet has been started by the department. In the three month the department has seized 211 tonnes of coal, 76 tonnes of sand, 50 tonnes of stone chips and two tonnes of the stone.
The district mining officer Binod Kumar said that the administration has formed a mining task force. In this team mining, transport, forest and police department has been included.
He further said that we regularly raid the different illegal stone crushing plants. Through the check posts we are checking the transporting of the coal with the help of transport and police departments. He said that we will fulfil the target this year, which was given to the department.