Bhubaneswar, Jan. 25 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday ordered the Khordha Collector to conduct an inspection in connection with the illegal stone mining case at Sahadaghai village under Tangi block and furnish a report within four weeks.

The Tribunal passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Dilip Kumar Samantray who has alleged that one Patitapabana Barik has been mining laterite stones from a quarry at Sahadaghai illegally.

As per the allegations, Barik had permission to mine at a particular place. However, he mined at 20 places looting tons of laterite stones in the process. A complaint was earlier filed in the police station against Barik in this connection. However, no action was taken against him, forcing...