Secretary Mining resolves lot of issues in Stakeholders’ Meeting
31/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 30: Amit Sharma, Secretary to Gove-rnment, Mining Depart-ment told held an extensive meeting with major stakeholders of Mining Depar-tment including National Highway Authority of India and its major executing agencies, namely M/s Gay-atri, M/s Megha and others. Lot of officers including Director Geology & Mining, Project Director, NHAI, MD, J&K Minerals Limited, Additional Secretary Mini-ng, Joint Director Geology & Mining, Senior Law Officer and others attended this important meeting.
Secretary Mining Amit Sharma gave patient hearing towards critical issues relating to ongoing projects of national importance including Katra-Amrtisar Expressway, Ring Road, National Highway expansion etc. Lot of issues were resolved in the meeting and instructions were issued by Mining Secretary to the departmental officers to facilitate smooth provisioning of Mining materials with timely issuance of Short Term Permits and Disposal Permits to these agencies, as and when, requisitioned by them after fulfilment of necessary steps.
NHAI team also expressed deep gratitude to the Secretary Mining Amit Sharma and his team for adopting a proactive appr-oach in last few months which is now helping in provisioning of permits to project proponents within no time and fast tracking work in ongoing major projects. Rest of the hiccups were also noted by the departmental officers for immediate redressal which were noted and endorsed by Secretary Mining who took a tour of mining operations sites for the major ongoing National Projects alongwith concerned District Mineral Officers over last weekend.
Secretary Mining Amit Sharma further directed his team that fortnightly meetings should be held at Directorate level and monthly reviews shall also be taken by him to ensure clearance of all pendencies in future. Before concluding, Secretary Mining directed his team to regularly update HLG office, portal and also, administrative department during weekly meetings regarding achievements for provisioning mining materials for ongoing projects of national importance in J&K.
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