CISF recovers 428 metric tonnes of illegal coal in West Bengal, Jharkhand

New Delhi: CISF personnel recovered more than 428 metric tonnes of coal during a five-day special operation to check pilferage and theft of the fossil fuel from mines in Jharkhand and West Bengal, officials said on Thursday. Hand-picked jawans and quick reaction teams (QRTs) deployed by the paramilitary covered multiple acres of coalfields belonging to Bharat Coking Coal Ltd,

Eastern Coalfields Ltd and Central Coalfields Ltd in the two adjoining states. CISF is entrusted with guarding the country's major coal fields. The Centre recently authorised the force as a designated agency to undertake search and seizure operations to check coal theft from the coalfields under its jurisdiction.

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