SHIMLA, Himachal Pradesh, April 23 -- The Department of Information and Public Relations, Himachal Pradesh issued the following press release:
The state government will evolve a mechanism to check corrupt practices associated with the misuse of transit passes in the transportation of minerals to prevent royalty losses and maintain the pace of developmental works in the State. These directions were given by the Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu while presiding over a meeting of Industries department, here today.
The Chief Minister expressed concern over reports indicating the use of fake transit passes on multiple occasions for mineral transportation, resulting in significant royalty losses to the state exchequer. To address thi...