November 1, 2019

The mining being conducted by the Indian Rare Earths Ltd (IRE), a public sector company, for the last six decades has reduced the land strip between TS Canal and Arabian Sea to just 33 metres with nearly 20,000 hectares of land in 81.5 sqkm claimed by the sea.
As per the contract with manufacturers, the SWTD has to allocate manufacturing cost at different stages based on work progress instead of making lumpsum payment. The treasury cap has resulted in major contractors not being paid for months altogether.
According to statistics, 0.06 Million Metric Tons (MMT) of 0.17 MMT edible oil produced are being fortified in the state.
According to the latest police data available on its website, it had registered 2,514 cases till September this year while it was 2,275 in the same period last year.