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Coal blocks non-starter, firms digging for fake clearance [1]

Jharkhand tribal villagers say their consent to operationalise coal block has been forged

In January, the Coal Ministry asked companies to show cause why coal blocks allocated to them should not be taken back for not starting production. Given the threat, companies have scrambled to get clearances in the last few months allegedly with the collusion of officials.

Publication Date: 
07/03/2014
Anumeha Yadav [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Jharkhand [4], Coal [5], Mining [6], Tribals [7], Forest Rights Act 2006 [8], Forest Clearance [9], Tata Iron and Steel (TISCO) [10]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/coal-blocks-non-starter-firms-digging-fake-clearance
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anumeha-yadav
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/forest-clearance
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tata-iron-and-steel-tisco