‘Shocked’ to see officers he suspended nonetheless working at Mining Directorate, J-Okay Deputy CM calls for probe | India Information
2 min learnJammuApr 11, 2026 07:42 AM IST
Jammu & Kashmir’s Deputy Chief Minister and Mining Minister Surinder Choudhary has slammed the Director Geology and Mining for retaining officers he had suspended or transferred, demanding an inquiry.
Chatting with the media after a go to, Chaudhary, who holds the portfolios of Public Works (R&B), Industries & Commerce, Mining, Labour & Employment, and Ability Growth, stated he was “shocked” to see officers who had been suspended or transferred following “severe allegations” nonetheless working there. He additionally alleged irregularities within the directorate — which comes below him — calling it “a fish market and a supply of unlawful mining”.
“It appears unlawful mining is being inspired and patronized from throughout the Directorate of Mining, Jammu,” he stated. “Neither the director nor the joint director was in workplace when he went, having gone to attend a gathering with the chief secretary within the civil secretariat. I’m going to the secretariat and can name the director and the joint director to learn the way these officers nonetheless work within the Directorate.”
He attributed the scenario to the “administrative challenges” his elected authorities was dealing with.
“We don’t have a state and are functioning as a Union Territory so some individuals make the most of this, and strategy different authorities to flee motion taken in opposition to them for his or her mistaken doings,” he added. “This brings a foul title to the federal government, however not for for much longer. They should pay for his or her mistaken doings”.
The functioning of the mining division has beforehand been criticised. In February, Anti-Corruption Bureau groups carried out searches at stone crushers at Bajalta (Jammu), Gandyal (Kathua), Kaller and Doongi (each Rajouri), the Rajouri district mineral workplace, and mining blocks at Saranu (Rajouri), Anji and Arnas (each in Reasi district).
“A lot of the stone crushers and block holders had been discovered indulging in unlawful mining actions, functioning in blatant violation of the phrases and situations, thereby inflicting irreversible ecological degradation within the areas and so on,” the division stated in an announcement.
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