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ITANAGAR: Questioning the administration's failure to check illegal coal mining at Namchik and Kharsang area of Changlang district, the 'Arunachal Voice against Black Marketing' (AVABM) in a memorandum submitted to Chief Minister Pema Khandu demanded that Geology & Mining Minister Komlung Mossang be dropped from his post within 15 days. It also threatened to launch a democratic movement.
The AVABM added in the memorandum submitted on Wednesday, "Despite being a senior Minister of the State and local MLA of the area concerned, Mossang has failed to put an end to illegal mining in the area".
The organization said that the rapid coal mining in the area has adversely affected the people residing nearby the mine areas. The mining has also affected the water, soil and air quality in the area, it added.
The organization also stated it had already submitted memorandums in this regard to the Changlang Deputy Commissioner and even to the Chief Secretary.
The organization had organized a series of democratic movements earlier demanding that the State government must initiate steps to stop the illegal coal mining in the areas of Kharsang and Namchik within Changlang district.