Farmers of nine villages who are affected by the rail line project of lafarge Cement on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to District Collector Rajesh Sukumar Toppo to press for their charter of demands.
The villagers led by Zila Panchayat member Murari Mishra who submitted the memorandum on behalf of the villagers at said, the company is carrying out the rail line work without keeping its promises. In the memorandum, the villagers said that several decisions were taken in a meeting held in the presence of people’s representatives and MPs on Republic Day (January 26) this year. But they were not carried out.
In the memorandum, the villagers have also demanded jobs for each of the affected families as per their eligibility, compensation to farmers who suffered losses due to construction, and over all development of all the nine affected villages. After hearing their grievances, the district collector has issued a letter to the Unit Head of the company at Sonadih. In the letter, the Collector directed him to prepare a plan to fulfil the demand of the villagers within 45 days.
He also directed the Sub Divisional Magistrate of Baloda Bazar to co-ordinate with the company management and take steps to address the problem of the affected farmers at the earliest possible time.