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Tamil Nadu plans real-time mineral monitoring to curb illegal mining
Tamil Nadu's finance minister told the Times of India the state will roll out an end-to-end system for tracking mineral production and transport as it happens, aiming to boost transparency, choke off…
Tamil Nadu's finance minister told the Times of India the state will roll out an end-to-end system for tracking mineral production and transport as it happens, aiming to boost transparency, choke off illegal mining and quarrying, and stop revenue from leaking away, with new vigilance and enforcement units set up district by district under the natural resources department. Officials pointed to 1,307 vehicles seized and 1,161 FIRs lodged over suspected illegal mineral transport in just the last three months, plus violations uncovered at 155 of 431 quarries inspected. A dedicated task force will now watch crushing units and stockyards, border check posts are already up, and Rs 438 crore has been committed to the sector, a sum officials expect to generate an extra Rs 15,000 crore once the IT measures take hold.
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Vehicle seizures, FIRs and quarry violations found on inspection all point to enforcement that is already under way, yet none of that activity by itself proves illegal extraction is actually falling. Whether the projected Rs 15,000 crore materialises rests on the tracking software working as intended and departments actually pulling together, neither of which is spelled out here. The real test comes once the system is live: regular figures measured against the Rs 438 crore already committed would show whether the transparency being promised is showing up in practice.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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