New Delhi: Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice will be on a two-day tour of the city to listen to the grievances of those affected by the National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining in Meghalaya.
The 31-member Committee that will visit the city will be headed by EM Sudharsana Nathiappan, senior Rajya Sabha member from Congress. The Committee comprises of 10 members from Upper House and 21 from Lower House including Shillong MP Vincent Pala.
During the visit the Committee will meet aggrieved sections of people affected by the ban on coal mining, official sources said.
The long pending issue has been raised on the floor of the Parliament earlier and even President, Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been apprised of the problem. The PMO had also constituted a high level committee on this vital issue.
