NEW DELHI, July 5 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah directed the CISF on Sunday to enforce a "zero coal leakage plan" to plug illegal mining in Jharkhand's Dhanbad area by forming quick response teams and setting up a multi-layered security arrangement in vulnerable areas, besides ensuring prompt action against illegal miners.
Shah issued the directives during a high-level meeting with Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy to review the illegal coal-mining situation and coal theft.
The home minister was informed that Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Coal India Limited officials have been authorised to take action under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
"This authorisation legally enables...