No mention of Rs. 5,000 crore loss due to illegal mining in any CAG report
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
The Haryana Government has dismissed as completely baseless and far from the truth, the news item that appeared in a section of the print media, which reported allegations made by former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda about a loss of Rs. 5,000 crore due to illegal mining in the state, allegedly based on the latest CAG report. Based on this figure, it was further claimed by him that the total loss due to illegal mining amounts to Rs. 50,000 crore during the 10-year tenure of the BJP Government.
In a statement issued today, a spokesman of the Mines and Geology Department said that , upon verification of the fact, it was found that the report in question pertains to the year 2019 and there is no mention of a loss of Rs. 5,000 crore due to illegal mining in the report. The report has already been discussed in December 2022 in the PAC. While there were some findings based on the geo-spatial survey of sand and gravel mines, no specific loss of Rs 5000 crore due to illegal mining or "scam" was identified by CAG as alleged by Hooda.