Check posts would be set up in Odisha-Jharkhand border to stop illegal mining of iron ore.
“Illegal mining has been carried out on revenue and forest land in Manki-Munda command in the bordering areas of the two states,”Jharkhand Home Secretary J B Tubid said.
He said check posts would be set up to curb illegal transportation of iron ore and to identify routes which were used to carry minerals.
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