Jammu, March 12 -- Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Tuesday reviewed the ongoing reforms in the mining sector and called for strengthening surveillance mechanisms to curb illegal mining across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The review meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Mining; Chairperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Committee; Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir; Secretary IT; IGP Jammu; Managing Director of Jammu and Kashmir Minerals Limited; Director Geology and Mining and other senior officers. Deputy Commissioners of various districts also joined the meeting through video conferencing.

During the meeting, the Chief Secretary assessed progress on reforms aimed at improving surveillan...