Date | Dec 09, 2016:

Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma has directed that the private companies which are conducting mining according to set provisions should be sectionally measured. The measurement would be done by matching production and lifting of the minerals and would be tallied with the invoices.

The exercise is to keep in sync the quantity of minerals produced by a particular company and dispatched. The Chief Secretary also directed that DMFT (District Mining Foundation Trust) fund should be used to benefit the mining affected people in the first phase.

Under this, clean piped drinking water should be supplied. She said that Rs 863 crore is due with different companies in Dhanbad, Bokaro, Chatra and Ramgarh. After recovery of the amount, 2400 drinking water projects can be initiated. It was also decided in the meeting that BCCL, CCL, ECL, SAIL etc will be corresponded so that developmental work can be done with DMFT funds.

With respect to revenue collection, she also instructed to make the DMO (District Mining Officer) responsible for it and a special campaign to be run in December to make recovery. Strict action should be taken against overloading and departmental officials should visit Chatra, Bokaro, Ramgarh and Dhanbad and make work plan for recovery, she said.

It was directed to notify all wash coal companies about paying the demand funds and invoices of companies. Estimate suggests that Rs 114 crore is due in Dhanbad, Rs 8 crore in Bokaro, Rs 215 crore in Ramgarh and Rs 526 crore in Chatra. She also directed that contractors of different departments like Road construction, Building construction etc be allotted mining lease, soil lease etc within 10 days. DMOs have been told to hold weekly review meeting with DEAC and DEIAA regarding minor mining and coordinate with superintending engineer of concerned departments.

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