The anti-corruption wing of Lokayukta on Tuesday raided various residences of Mineral Officer Manmohan Khatedia (at present posted in District Dewas) and recovered properties worth more than Rs 3 crores, said Anand Yadav, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Lokayukta Indore.
Excelsior Correspondent GANDERBAL, Oct 19: Under the Jan Abhiyan Programme in connection with Fourth Phase of “Back to Village programme (B2V4)”, Amit Sharma, Secretary to Government, Mining Department along with O.P Bhagat, Director Geology and Mining, Zulfikar Mohd Shafi, Mineral Officer, Ganderbal with additional charge of Srinagar and other senior officers visited District Ganderbal today. Javed Ahmed Rather, Sub Divisional Magistrate Kangan also participated in this special event. Amit Sharma briefed the gathering regarding e-Marketplace provisioned by the Mining Department […]
Despite protests by villagers, G&M officials unmoved
Gopal Sharma
KATHUA, Jan 15: Illegal mining mafia in connivance with some groups from Punjab and insiders in the G&M Department, is carrying out its activities by digging deep river bed near prestigious BRO’s bridge over river Ujh, posing great threat to its existence on Old Samba-Kathua road near Kotpunnu village in Kathua district, bordering Pakistan and Punjab.
Constructed by Project SAMPARK of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and funded by the Ministry of Defence, Govt of India, Rs 50.01 crore amount was spent on this 1000 mt long Segmental Box Girder bridge over river Ujh near India Pak border. This also connects Bamyal and other nearby Punjab ( Gurdaspur) villages with J&K. This vital bridge was inaugurated by Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh in presence of MoS in PMO Dr Jitendra Singh in April 2019.