News18 India’s Sting exposes Corruption in Uttar Pradesh’s Mining Department
New Delhi, August 2017: The issue of illegal mining in Uttar
Pradesh and the corruption in the state mining department has been an open
secret. During the state assembly electionsheld earlier this year, Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath had slammed then CM Akhilesh Yadav’s government over
the rampant illegal mining in the state. After coming to power, the firebrand
Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath gave strict warning to the mining mafias and
even brought a new mining policy. But the new government’s vision of the
corruption-free state is proving to be difficult to implement. News18 India
carried out aninvestigative operation exposingthe fact that the unauthorized
mining activities are still being carried out in the state.
The channel’s undercover team of reporters contacted
some mining mafias involved in illegal mining activities in the Mirzapur
district of Uttar Pradesh. The mining mafias revealed how they are hand in
gloves with many officials of state departments &police and how these
corrupt officials and police personnel help them in facilitatingthese unlawful mining
operations.
News18 India’s team went to the SDM office&police
station and caughtofficials red-handedon their spy camera asking for money in
lieu of granting permission for mining. The officials disclosed that there is an
alleged rate card for undertaking such operations. If the mining is legal, the
officials ask for anywhere between Rs. 8000 to 10000 and if the activities are
illegal, then the bribery amount increasesuptoRs. 15,000.
In spite of the change in government, corruption is still
rampant in the state. The new policies may have had some impact but there still
remain gaps in terms of achieving the goal of a corruption free state.
The sting
operation – ‘Yogi Ji, KripyaDhyaanDein’ will be aired at 10 PM today on News18
India
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