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The Odisha government has shut down two chromite mines of India Metals and Ferroalloys, a leading ferroalloys producer of the country, on the ground of non-compliance of pollution control norms.Incidentally, IMFA is promoted by the family of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP, Baijayant Panda, who has fallen out of favour with chief minister Naveen Patnaik following his recent tweets and newspaper article criticising functioning of the party and calling for retrospection after lacklustre performance of BJD in the recent panchayat election in the state. Soon after Panda, who is also the vice-chairman of the company, went public about the ills afflicting the party, the Odisha Sate Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) had slapped notices on two mines of IMFA at Kaliapani in Sukinda valley for violation of pollution control norms.While the consent to operate (CTO) granted to the mines by OSPCB was set to expire in March, 2021, the sudden move to revoke it, based on an inspection of the pollution ...