Thursday, March 28, 2024
spot_img

Committee to move NGT against denial of coal details

Date:

Share post:

spot_img
spot_img

Lack of transparency irks panel chief

SHILLONG: Retired judge B P Katakey, who heads the NGT panel on coal, said on Saturday that he would move the NGT against denial of information by the state government regarding the quantity of extracted coal.
The NGT had appointed Katakey committee to monitor the developments following the ban on coal mining and transportation.
“We have to move NGT as the government refused to give break-up and other details about the 32 lakh metric tons of already extracted coal”, Katakey said on Saturday. The auction of 32 lakh metric tons of coal is likely to be finalised in the next meeting on November 21. The Katakey committee will monitor the auction process and the transportation of coal.
During the meeting with the state government officials on Friday, the government made it clear that the information regarding the extracted coal cannot be provided to the NGT appointed panel.
According to Katakey, since the government had filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court informing about 32 lakh metric tons of coal, there should not be any harm in disclosing details about the extracted coal. He said the state government officials gave contradictory replies on the illegal transportation of coal though there were several instances of illegal mining of coal and transportation.
Earlier, the NGT panel wanted to know about the transport of coal to Bangladesh as he had suspected certain discrepancies.
Katakey is unhappy with the reply of the Customs officials that they are not required to verify whether trucks carrying coal to Bangladesh have necessary permits or not from the state government.
According to Katakey, as there is a ban on coal mining by NGT since 2014, the Customs officials are mandated to check illegal transportation of coal.

spot_img
spot_img

Related articles

Arunachal was, is, and will remain an integral part of India: MEA

New Delhi, Mar 28:  The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday that China's repetitive claims on...

SP injured in Arunachal’s Longding as crowd pelt stones during scrutiny of nominations

Itanagar, March 28: Superintendent of Police of Arunachal Pradesh's Longding district, Dekio Gumja, was injured after some people...

Aditi Rao Hydari confirms union with Siddharth

Shillong, March 28: Actress Aditi Rao Hydari, who secretly got engaged to actor Siddharth on Wednesday, confirmed their...

India’s core sector industries clock 6.7 percent growth in February

Shillong, March 28: The eight core industries that include sectors such as coal, cement, steel and electricity posted...