Union Coal Secretary Anil Swarup and Chief Secretary GC Pati on Thursday reviewed 11 coal block projects at the State Secretariat here on Thursday.
The projects which were reviewed include the Jagannath OCP, Bharatpur OCP, Kulda OCP, Siarmal OCP, Bhubaneswari OCP, lingaraj OCP, Balaram OCP, Hingula OCP, Kaniha OCP, Ananta OCP and Talabira-1 Cola Block.
Mainly the issues relating to handing over of land, Stage-II forest clearance, widening of roads, forest diversification proposal, resettlement of project affected farmers, development of resettlement sites figured in the discussion.
Swarup mentioned about the rapid progress of Jharsuguda-Barpalli Railway line which is one of the three principal railway lines in India being constructed primarily for evacuation of coal from the mining area.
The Chief Secretary directed the district administration to take up the genuine demands of the people and address those proactively in a time bound manner.