Advisor to the Governor Madhukar Gupta has asked to remove problems related to steel projects in the State immediately. He also instructed the departments to form a committee and dispose all the issues like land acquisition, displacement and rehabilitation in a definite time frame.
Madhukar Gupta and along with K Vijay Kumar on Tuesday held a meeting with the Iron and Steel Secretary DR Chaudhary and with the representatives of the steel related Industrial units and discussed over the problems being faced by them.
“Jharkhand has a large amount of high quality iron ore available here. We should use this opportunity and take positive steps for the development of our State,” said Gupta.
He also said that State needed to focus on the selection of the land to be acquired and rehabilitation of those who get affected by it. He also stressed on the need to plant trees immediately on the lands where mining activities have taken place.
Whereas, K Vijay Kumar said that until and unless the problem is understood well, it cannot be removed. He also asked to ensure to dispose the acquisition related issues by talking to the Deputy Commissioner of the districts.
While, Chief Secretary RS Sharma suggested that Department of Mines, Industry and Forestry should take a unanimous decision and identify the wild life area and make plans keeping wild life conservation in mind. The top officials of other departments related to mines and forestry were also present in the meeting.