Officials survey Birbhum mining site

A team of senior Birbhum district administration and police officials headed by Birbhum district magistrate Moumita Godara Basu and police chief Shyam Singh visited Chanda of Mohammedbazar on Thursday to identify 40 acres of government land where work on the Deocha-Pachami mining project would start.

“We visited the area to make a ground report on the site. We have marked a stretch of 40 acres from where mining can start. The approach road to the plot will be ready soon,” Basu said.

Sources said the visit came after chief minister Mamata Banerjee had referred to the project at the district review meeting.