Worker finds 14.9 carat diamond in Madhya Pradesh

A poor labourer has fished out a 14.9 carats diamond with an estimated worth of 70 lakh rupees from a diamond mine in the Krishna Kalyanpur belt in Panna district.

Panna: A labourer Ramkrishna Vishwakarma found a 14.9 carats diamond with an estimated worth of 70 lakh rupees from a shallow diamond mine in the Krishna Kalyanpur belt in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district.

Ramkrishna, a resident of the NMDC colony, along with his seven colleagues started the mine on a piece of land that he had taken on lease from the diamond office.

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So far three diamonds have been fished out from the mine in the last 3 days. Earlier on Monday, a labourer had recovered two diamonds simultaneously.

All the diamonds have been handed over to the diamond office and they will be put up for auction next month.

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The diamond officer said eleven and a half percent royalty will be deducted and the rest of the money will be given to the labourer.

The officer also urged other labourers of the district to set up a diamond mine.

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