Gondalpura Mining Project: Gram Sabha successfully Organized for Rehabilitation and Land Acquisition
Barkagaon (Hazaribag). On Friday, the Hazaribag district administration successfully organized a Gram Sabha in Mahugai Kala Panchayat for the Gondalpura mining project, which was allotted to Adani Enterprises Limited by the Ministry of Coal. During this time, in the presence of senior administrative officials, advisors from the Center for Advancing and Launching Enterprises (CrAdLE) provided detailed information about the rehabilitation plan for the project’s potential displaced people and families due to land acquisition, which has been prepared by the Collector cum Administrator of Hazaribag. This scheme is subject to the provisions of Sections 16(4) and (5) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Act 2013.
A large number of villagers were present during the Gram Sabha, most of whom were in support of the project, while some villagers also expressed their disagreement over their rehabilitation and compensation. On this occasion, officials from the district administration conducted the Gram Sabha and recorded the requests of the villagers. Magistrate Deepak Kumar Dubey, Circle Officer Baleshwar Ram, CI Anuj Kumar, Revenue Officer Ashish Kumar, Jitendra Kumar, and Station Officer Vinod Tirkey were present on the spot.
The project will provide thousands of employment opportunities to Hazaribag once it starts
According to officials of the Mining Department, the state government will get a revenue of about 600 crore rupees every year from the start of Adani Enterprises’ Gondalpura mining project. In addition, five to ten thousand people in Hazaribag district will also get direct and indirect employment opportunities. Once coal mining starts here, the smuggling of illegal coal will also be curbed, due to which the government will get huge revenue benefits and public welfare programs will also be boosted.
It may be recalled that Jharkhand is one of the major coal producing states in India and mines equipped with modern technology will maintain a balance between the interests of the state’s environment and economy.
Additional Information
* The Gondalpura coal block has a geological reserve of 176 million tonnes of coal.
* The project is expected to generate 4 million tonnes of coal per annum.
* The project will require the acquisition of 513.18 hectares of land, of which 219.8 hectares is forest land.
* The project will displace 783 families.
* The project is expected to cost Rs 16,172.70 crores.
