Authorities in East Jaintia Hills district have seized approximately 3000 metric ton of illegally mined coal from a forest at Lumbangla village.
The seizure was made based on a tip off on illegal mining and dumping of coal at the village.
Deputy Commissioner Shivansh Awasthi said the police team visited the spot and illegal coal was found dumped outside the officially inventorised coordinates.
In compliance with the provisions of MMDR Act the coal was seized and shifted to a Coal India-authorised depot for safe custody.
It may be mentioned that, the 28th interim report filed by Justice (Retd) BP Katakey Committee has revealed the detection of huge quantity of undocumented coal outside the Coal India Limited designated depots amounting to 1,92,840 tonnes, of which 1,80,299.48 has been detected in East Jaintia Hills.
