Union MoS (Independent charge) Coal and Power Piyush Goyal has given strict instruction to Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and Coal India Companies to ensure within three months the Damodar River and its tributaries do not get polluted due to their industrial activities. He has given instruction that single drop of slurry will not be mixed in Damodar River rather it can be kept in closed loop and used in various work.
The Union Minister said that within three month he will check the work performed by them to save the Damodar River from being polluted. The companies will inform them and also to Minister of Jharkhand Saryu Roy about the development work.
To make Damodar River free from pollution central minister organized a meeting at Shramik Bhavan in New Delhi today. The meeting was called on the behest of Chairman of Damodar Bachao Campaign and Minister of Jharkhand Government Saryu Roy, Joint secretary of Coal and Power ministries, CMD of CCl and DVC and other officers, Coal India officer, Central Pollution Control Board and Jharkhand Pollution Control Board Officer along with them about a half a dozen of other assistant officers were also present at the meeting.
By the module of subsidiary companies of coal India, CCl, BCCl, ECl, DVC, Bokaro thermal Chandrapura thermal Durgapur thermal power plant Bokaro steel plant companies of Jharkhand government, Patratu thermal, Chandrapura thermal power plant, it is causing extreme pollution .
CMD of DVC through power point presentation told about the measures taken by them to control the pollution and also said that slurry water will be kept in a closed loop and will not be dropped in river. CMD of CCl highlighted the measures taken to control pollution and ensured that from now no dirty slurry water will be dropped in river from any work field.
Damodar river passes through Kudu of lohardaga district and Chandwa Division of laatehaar District after coming out from Boda mountain. It mixes in branches of Hugli in Ganga river before Ganga Sagar.
A memoir was presented to Saryu Roy for his work from 2004 on movement to save Damodar and to make Damodar free from pollution and also presented the description of popular movement before everyone. A Book named ‘Devnad Damodar Vyatha’ which has brief description on Damodar pollution was given to ministers and other officers.
He spread awareness among ministers regarding pollution which is caused by Chandwa, Khalari, Ashok project, Giddi work field, Patratu thermal power, Ramgarh nagar, Rajrappa work field, Tenughat Nigam, Telmaccho, Munidih, sudamdih, Paradih, Santhaldih, Bokaro Steel and Chandrapura thermal. Because of overburden slurry mountain encroachment of river and pollution caused due to uncovered dirty water and transportation of coal. Description on water pollution and water supply problem in coal field is given to central ministers. He insisted officials to look after the pollution free production and environment.
Roy gave a token of thanks to Central Minister, Piyush Goyal for organizing a meeting on Damodar pollution which is a very serious problem.