Union Coal Secretary Sumant Chaudhary today directed official to complete the Jharia Action Plan in the set time frame. At the same time, he instructed to digitize the full details of people rehabilitated from the unsafe area. Chairing the 18th High Powered Central Committee meeting here on Friday the Coal Secretary stressed on timely rehabilitation of the displaced people in a phased manner.
Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi asked to make society of rehabilitated persons so that they do not face difficulties in future. He said that they will be able to solve the problem of maintenance of their homes and the use of community assets etc. in the coming days with the help of society. At the same time unanimous decision was taken on a suggestion made in the meeting to prevent theft of coal to set up a task force. This task force will include CISF, coal officer and police.
It was informed in the meeting that JRDA has completed survey of 584 sites out of 595 sites under Jharia Action Plan. As many as 11 sites come in West Bengal. It was told that the work of developing rehabilitated places is continuing. In the meeting, the Coal Secretary told the need to pay attention to the options to solve some problems related to rehabilitation.
On the other hand, while meeting with the representatives of various coal companies, the Coal Secretary instructed that all coal companies should start doing timely production. On the occasion, problems related to revenue, forest and environmental departments of coal mining leasing companies were addressed. All the coal companies were also given timetable for starting production.