Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi on Thursday announced that death of Coal India Limited employees because of Corona pandemic will be treated as accidental death and the kin of employee will get the same financial benefits as they get in the case of accidental death during duty. Around four lakh odd on roll and contractor's workers of Coal India will get benefited from this decision.
During his visit to State Capital on Thursday the Union Minister, accompanied by his colleague Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda held meetings with Chief Minister Hemant Soren and also subsidiaries of CIL to review the works in the State and a number of issues including coal mining auction.
Talking to the media through a virtual press conference after the meeting, Joshi said that the Union Ministry of Coal decided to start commercial mining to stop import of coal and the decision has been taken in the National and public interest. He said that a long discussion was held with the Chief Minister mainly on various coal mining issues and it positively concluded.
"We invited him to talk on the issue because it is our thinking that problems can be sorted out through dialogues. The Chief Minister also assured us that he will also cooperate to find a way for sorting out the issue," Joshi said.
