Ferro-alloys.com：On Friday, under the leadership of Suljit Kumar Sahu, an official at the Barbir Forest Ranch, the team conducted a raid on illegal mining and smuggling of manganese ore for the third consecutive day. During the journey, the Forest Department team seized 7 tons of high-quality manganese from the Side Hamas Forest Reserve in the Barbil Forest District under Keongal District.

Earlier Wednesday, a large number of illegal manganese mines were seized in the Hamas Forest Reserve in Side. The manganese ore was worth 1 million rupees, and on Thursday, the team arrested people suspected of illegally mining manganese ore at the other end of the Sid Hamas Forest Reserve and seized 1 million rupees worth of manganese ore.

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