Bhubaneswar

Shah hearing rescheduled to April 19

PNS

The next date of hearing by the Justice MB Shah Commission on illegal mining activities has been rescheduled to April 19.

Earlier, the three-day hearing was scheduled to start from Saturday. The mining companies have been asked to deposit their action plans under corporate social responsibility (CSR) for socio-economic development of the people living in the mining areas of Keonjhar and Sundargarh districts.

A total of `100 crore has already been committed by the mining firms as a trust fund to be spent on various identified CSR projects.