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Mining Your Own Business
The story exposes the loop hole in which the Government is loosing million of dollors in foreign exchange from export via Dawki & Tamabil
By H.H. Mohrmen
The Tamabil Dawki land custom Station (LCS) in the Amlarem subdivision of Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya is a major land port and one of the oldest in North East India. With Jaintia Hills district being a main producer of coal in the state; it is therefore not surprising that the major export of India through the Tamabil inland port in Dawki is coal and limestone.
However, the sad fact is that the Government is losing millions of dollars in foreign exchange exporting coal to Bangladesh from this port. A surprise visit to the port made one realize the truth that exporting of minerals particularly coal is benefitting the exporters rather than the state exchequer and in the process the state is losing a huge amount in foreign exchange and tax. The looting of the state exchequer in bright daylight cannot happen under the watchful eye of both State and central Government officials involved in managing and controlling export from this port, as to why the trucks were allowed entry in spite of the fact that the trucks carried coal weighing more than the 9 tons limit specified by the court order. The answer the policeman and the custom official gave was that their duty is to check whether the trucks have all papers in order or not and not to weigh the trucks.
