To curb illegal mining, e-transit pass system begins across state :

1. The government will start e-transit pass (e-rawaana) system in the state from tomorrow for monitoring the movement of raw material from mining sites and products from stone crushers and screening plants. This system may help the authorities of Mining Department, Regional Transport Authority and other departments in controlling illegal mining as well as overloading.

2. Instead of issuing manual bills, mining lease holders, screening plant and stone crusher owners will issue electronically generated e-transit passes to their buyers for transporting the material or processed mineral.

3. As per an order issued, mining lease holders, screening plant owners and stone crusher licensees of the state had got themselves registered on the Mines and Geology Department portal by September 30. Only the persons and firms registered on the portal will have permission to generate and issue electronically generated e-transit passes to their buyers.

4. Similarly, all vehicle owners intending to transport any mineral within Haryana had also got their vehicles registered on the department portal at the link ‘e-rawaana’.The vehicle owners who failed to register their vehicles and are found transporting minerals without e-rawaana will be treated as illegal.

5. Mining leaseholders were issuing a one-time royalty slip for vehicles transporting mining material and products. But the transporters were allegedly misusing the slip by using it multiple times. After implementation of ‘e-rawaana’ system, vehicles will be allowed to transport mineral/products only one time on one pass as loading and unloading details can easily be verified.

6. After the implementation of e-rawaana, if the Mining Department carries out stock verification on screening plants and stone crushers regularly, then after the comparison of stock, the quantity can be assessed correctly. This practice can stop the business of illegal mining. Sources said e-rawaana would control overloading as the quantity of minerals would be mentioned.

Mineral Resources in Rajasthan :

The state is the principal holder of country's resources of tin (64%), quartz-silica sand (52%) and quartzite (49%). The principal minerals occuring in Haryana are china clay in Faridabad, Gurgaon and Rewari districts; limestone in Ambala, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh and Panchkula districts; quartz/silica sand in Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Mahendragarh districts; quartzite in Faridabad and Gurgaon districts; slate in Mahendragarh and Gurgaon districts. Other minerals, such as, barytes, calcite, felspar and marble occur in Mahendragarh district; copper in Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts; dolomite in Ambala and Mahendragarh districts; granite in Bhiwani district; tin and tungsten mineralisations in Tosham area of Bhiwani district have also been reported.