KOHIMA, MARCH 14 (DIPR): Nagaland Government has constituted a State Level Task Force for monitoring and checking mining matters including illegal mining in the State under the Nagaland (Ownership and Transfer of Land and its Resources) Act, 1990. The 9 member Task Force will be headed by the Secretary of Geology and Mining who will act as Chairman of the group.
Functions of the Task Force are to review the action taken by the Mining Officials/Forest Officials for checking the illegal mining activity in their respective jurisdiction, action taken by the State Government on the cases of illegal mining, review the coordination between the member Departments and discussion on the pending issued, collection of information for the quarterly return to be submitted to the Central Government, etc. The Task Force will meet once in a quarter.
To prevent illegal mining as well as illegal transportation of minerals in the State, the State Government also constituted a Flying Squad team comprising departmental officials for the time being for four districts- Wokha, Mokokchung, Mon and Phek.
The Flying Squad Team shall comprise of the officer-in-charge at the rank of Assistant Mining Engineer with one Junior Engineer and other supporting staff.
The team will cover all the four districts at least twice a month and will collect data/information about illegal mining as well as illegal transportation of coal and other minerals and submit reports thereof to the Directorate Office for onward submission to the Government.
If any person is found evading royalty or carrying out illegal mining activities, the team shall take the help of the local administration and the police for necessary legal proceeding against such individual/party.
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