01-23-2010, 03:16 AM
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/b...eatures%29
A Land Mine Waiting to Explode
This could be independent Indiaââ¬â¢s biggest scam, worth an alleged Rs 300,000 crore. From the small to the big, famous to the infamous, all are guilty of illegal mining in Orissa.
Das says that even suspicions that the illegally mined iron ore and manganese loads wind their way across the border to such places as Nepal and China, and are then used to make small weapons for Maoists, cannot be ruled out.
A Land Mine Waiting to Explode
This could be independent Indiaââ¬â¢s biggest scam, worth an alleged Rs 300,000 crore. From the small to the big, famous to the infamous, all are guilty of illegal mining in Orissa.
Das says that even suspicions that the illegally mined iron ore and manganese loads wind their way across the border to such places as Nepal and China, and are then used to make small weapons for Maoists, cannot be ruled out.