Acquisition of Land in Coal Bearing States
Meetings have been held with the Chief Secretaries of Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh in the month of November, 2011 to expedite the pending forestry and environment clearances of the mining projects. Besides, the following actions are also being taken to overcome problems:-
1. Vigorous follow up action with land acquisition officials of the State Governments to expedite acquisition proceedings.
2. Regular meetings with the State authorities viz. Land Revenue Commissioner, Land Revenue Secretary are held to sort-out local problems.
3. Forest Officials are contacted on regular basis at District level to fulfil the requirements and clarifications of their queries. Periodical reviews are being undertaken with the Regional Offices of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) for expediting the cases.
4. Discussions are held with the land owners/ villagers for selection of rehabilitation site persuading them to shift at the earliest.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal and Statistics and Programme Implementations, Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Meetings have been held with the Chief Secretaries of Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh in the month of November, 2011 to expedite the pending forestry and environment clearances of the mining projects. Besides, the following actions are also being taken to overcome problems:-
1. Vigorous follow up action with land acquisition officials of the State Governments to expedite acquisition proceedings.
2. Regular meetings with the State authorities viz. Land Revenue Commissioner, Land Revenue Secretary are held to sort-out local problems.
3. Forest Officials are contacted on regular basis at District level to fulfil the requirements and clarifications of their queries. Periodical reviews are being undertaken with the Regional Offices of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) for expediting the cases.
4. Discussions are held with the land owners/ villagers for selection of rehabilitation site persuading them to shift at the earliest.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal and Statistics and Programme Implementations, Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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