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The Government today said 43,317 cases of illegal mining of minerals were detected up to September 2010. The State Governments had detected 41,578 cases of violations in 2009, the Mines Minister, Mr Dinsha Patel, said in a reply to Rajya Sabha. “Up to September 2010, the State Governments detected 43,317 cases of illegal mining of minor and major minerals as compared to 41,578 cases detected in the full year 2009,” the Minister said. Up to September last year, maximum cases of illegal mining were discovered in Maharashtra at 13,633 followed by 11,683 cases in Andhra Pradesh and 3,353 in Karnataka among others, the Minister said. While in 2009, most cases of illegal mining were detected in Andhra Pradesh at 11,591 followed by Maharashtra, Gujarat, among others, he added.
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