Brushing aside the allegations made by the Opposition on “rampant illegal mining,” Minister for Power, Environment and Forest Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy has said the Department of Mines has bagged the third position in the country for its “consistent impressive performance.”
Hitting back at TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu for accusing the State government of plundering wealth, especially from the “indiscriminate mining” in Rushikonda, he maintained that all the activities were taken up as per the laid down procedures.
