Rupnagar DC discusses district survey report with minning officials
Bahadurjeet Singh/Rupnagar
Deputy Commissioner Rupnagar Dr. Preeti Yadav held a high-level meeting with the officials of the mining department of the district .In this meeting, discussions took place regarding the district survey report being prepared by the mining department . The Deputy Commissioner said that the report should be completed keeping in mind the rules/criteria set for preparing the District Survey Report.
Deputy Commissioner also discussed with the officials of the department about the new sites that are going to be earmarked in the district under the new mining policy of the Punjab government. The officials of the department told that in coordination with the sub divisional committee members, action is being taken at the ground level regarding the proposed minning sites of district Rupnagar and the route plan of these sites is being prepared. Physical verification of proposed sites is being done on war footing for preparation of District Survey Report.
They said that according to the instructions issued by the Supreme Court of India and the National Green Tribunal regarding inclusion of agricultural land in the district survey report, a notice has been issued that if a person wants to include his agricultural land for mining,the applicant has to apply to the mining department, which is under process.
Besides Additional Deputy Commissioner Harjot Kaur, officials of Mining Department were present in this meeting. The Deputy Commissioner also instructed the officials of the department that if any kind of problems arise, they should immediately contact the Additional Deputy Commissioner Harjot Kaur.
August 24,2022
