Coerced and threatened over the past year, they are fighting for rights over forestland that is part of coal-block given to Tata Steel
In Latehar district’s Jala village, a hamlet of 250 tribal villagers has refused to make way for coal mining by Tata Steel and Adhunik Power and Natural Resource Limited (APNRL) till their forest rights are settled first.
RJD and Congress ministers had opposed auction policy
With coalition partners the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) and the Congress stepping up opposition to the government’s policy to auction sand from riverbeds, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday night announced that the government would restore access and control over the minor minerals to panchayats.
Project director of Jharkhand Rural Health Mission (JRHM), Dr Manish Ranjan has issued notice to all district civil surgeons in the state asking them to launch awareness campaigns underlining the p
State-run NTPC today said the law and order situation is not “conducive” in Pakri Barwadih coal block area in Jharkhand for carrying out mining operations.
“Land owners are agitating for a higher land compensation and the law and order situation in that area is not conducive,” NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury told reporters here.
Daltonganj: Two white vultures were spotted by the officials of Palamu Tiger Reserve in Chainpur recently. They were perched on the sand bed of river Koyal, said sources.
The government is planning to revive the dried up sources of water apart from encouraging rainwater harvesting to reduce water wastage in the state, said state rural development secretary Arun Kuma
