The Coal India ltd (CIl) Chairman Sutiratha Bhattacharya on Friday paid a maiden visit to the Ib Valley Area and held a review meeting with top MCl officials.
When talking to mediapersons, Bhattacharya told that the MCl will give utmost priority to safety in mines. His attention was drawn to the supply unhygienic water by the Ib Valley authority to the periphery villages in the presence MCl CMD AK Jha.
Bhattacharya said at least Rs 70 crore has been sanctioned to provide drinking water to the villagers of the project area and the project work would be completed within two years.
He said land acquisition has become a major obstacle for expansion of coal mines due to public protests in many places. To achieve production target, obstacles in land acquisition are to be removed first,he emphasised.
The CIl Chairman pointed out that some of the MCl mines are facing environmental clearance problem. He informed that a team of expert has accompanied him to study the issue. Bhattacharya also told that his purpose of visit was to review problems of the MCl mines and the workers and landoustees.
Bhattacharya inspected some of Ib Valley mines with MCl CMD Jha, Director Operation JP Singh and Ib Valley Area GM Madhu Sudan Sharma.