Parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna introduced the report on “Mining in Uttar Pradesh and Socio-Financial Affect of Unlawful Mining.”
The audit discovered that 45 lessees extracted 26.89 lakh cubic metres of minerals outdoors their allotted lease areas, however restoration proceedings have been delayed resulting from insufficient monitoring. In three districts, 5 circumstances of mining have been reported on 30.40 hectares of land with out leases.
The report highlighted widespread violations:
- Round 613 stone crushers operated with out necessary storage licences, with no motion from district mines officers.
- “The Meja Thermal Energy Undertaking allegedly extracted 53,88,930 cubic metres of ballast and boulders with no mining lease or allow. Of the ₹322.62 crore sought as royalty by the Prayagraj district administration, solely ₹81.77 lakh was deposited, leaving ₹321.81 crore excellent,” the CAG stated.
- The mining surveillance system developed by the Union Ministry of Mines to trace criminality was not utilized by the state's geology and mining division.
CAG's evaluation of e-MM-11 varieties revealed that lessees issued passes with totally different car capacities for day and evening transport, and recorded portions above permissible limits, pointing to weak software program controls.
The report additionally flagged regulatory lapses. Brick kilns have been arrange with out adhering to distance norms from habitations, colleges, eco-sensitive zones, and monuments. 4 mining leases have been granted close to bridges regardless of tips prohibiting such exercise. Monetary shortfalls have been famous too. Stamp responsibility value ₹20.96 crore was under-levied on 173 mining lease deeds. Mine closure prices weren't collected from 54 lessees. Required plantation of 13,64,800 saplings over 6,824 acres was not carried out, and rehabilitation of closed mines was left unmonitored, risking long-term environmental degradation.
