Bengal administration launches stringent checklist to curb coal smuggling

The state administration has drawn up a 14-point checklist to allow coal-laden trucks from other states to enter Bengal in a bid to crack down on illegal mineral transport across the state.

Sources said that chief minister Mamata Banerjee instructed the authorities to ensure that Bengal was not used as a corridor to transport smuggled coal.

In the checklist (special operation procedure), truck drivers carrying coal from other states and the management of the factories where the coal is supposed to be delivered will have to submit documents to the police at the check post on the interstate border to verify the coal consignment.