SC defers hearing on coal mining to Nov 12

SHILLONG: The Supreme Court has fixed November 12 to hear the plea to resume coal mining and transportation of extracted coal.
The court on Friday took up the petition of the State Coordination Committee of Coal Owners and Mine Dealers Forum for transportation of the already extracted coal.
However, the court wanted to know the quantity of extracted coal that is yet to be transported.
The Supreme Court lawyer and counsel for the state government, Ranjan Mukherjee, said he had asked the state department concerned to provide the exact quantity of extracted coal.
According to the assessment made on March 20 this year, 5 lakh metric tonne of coal are yet to be transported.
Mukherjee said he will submit the required information before the court on November 12.
The court also heard the pending petition of Lber Laloo, who had sought resumption of coal mining in the state.
Mukherjee said the court was informed that the mining policy and guidelines were already submitted to the ministries concerned.
The court will again hear the petition on November 12.