India, July 4 -- The Haryana government has set up a dedicated mining unit in Nuh district, after nearly two decades of persistent demands and alleged administrative inaction. The unit, which will operate under the state's Mines and Geology department, is being seen as a crucial intervention to curb the deep-rooted network of illegal mining in the region, officials said.

The new mining office, sanctioned by the state government, will have an assistant mining engineer, four additional mining guards and a data entry operator. These officials have been transferred from Gurugram, Rewari, and Bhiwani districts to reinforce the monitoring mechanism in Nuh, which, until now, operated with only three mining guards for the entire district.

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