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The Orissa government is moving fast to complete the survey and demarcate all iron and manganese ore mines through Differential Global Positioning System,thus preventing future encroachments.
The move comes following a request by the Justice M B Shah Commission of Enquiry to the state government to complete the survey and demarcation work within a months time and submit a report to the commission.
The panel,which is looking into illegal mining of iron and manganese ore,had visited ore-rich Keonjhar district earlier this month and remarked that the scam would not have been possible without the connivance of bureaucrats.
Encroachment by lease-holders is one of the main features of Orissa mining scam that has rocked the state since 2009. The Orissa High Court which was hearing a slew of petitions demanding a CBI probe into the mining scam,reserved its judgment in April this year.
