Majhi Hints Revenue Officials May Get Minor Mineral Mgmt

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- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar

CHIEF Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday hinted that management of minor minerals could be entrusted back to the Revenue and Disaster Management (R&DM) department.

Inaugurating the two-day state level workshop of revenue officers at Lokseva Bhavan, the chief minister said the directorate of minor minerals was under the administrative control of the Revenue department for long before being shifted to the Steel and Mines department.

"The Revenue department has adequate manpower at its disposal and administered minor minerals in the past. Due to insufficient field staff, I feel, the Steel and Mines department is unable to prevent theft and illegal mining of minor minerals. I have full confidence that you (revenue officials) will be able to carry out this responsibility most efficiently if entrusted with the task," Majhi said.