From Our Correspondent
JOWAI: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising of the Jaintia Coal and Cement Traders Association and the Jaintia Coal Supplier Association (JCSA) detained six coal laden trucks at Mynkre on Saturday.
The JAC Chairman, Balen Thubru informed that the JAC has strongly opposed the transportation of coal from outside Meghalaya to different cement plants operational in Jaintia hills.
JAC alleged that the CMCL (Star Cement) has failed to respond to the JAC’s ban for the purchase and transportation of coal from outside the State.
“We had detained six coal laden trucks belonging to Star Cement as all these trucks were transporting coal from Bihar to the Cement Plant”, Thubru said.
“Jaintia hills has plenty of coal of different qualities and we could not understand why cement companies still needs to buy coal from outside the state”, he added.
Meanwhile, the Resident Director Star Cement, Devender Bansal clarified that the six trucks of coal detained by the JAC was meant for trial only.
“We had took some coal for trail and we are not aware on the JAC’s prohibition against buying coal from outside the state”.
