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Will resume coal mining if voted to power in Meghalaya: BJP
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SME Times News Bureau | 16 Feb, 2018
Wooing coal miners to vote for the BJP in the upcoming Meghalaya
Assembly polls, the BJP on Thursday promised to resume mining in the
state, if voted to power.
In its Vision Document released by
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the BJP promised to put back on
track the coal mining issue in 180 days of forming the government.
Coal
mining in Meghalaya is ostensibly part of the "customary tribal rights"
that has been temporarily banned by the National Green Tribunal in the
state from April 17, 2014, after tribal Dimasa groups filed an
application before it alleging that the water of the Kopili river was
turning acidic due to coal mining in Jaintia Hills.
"We as a
party have always said that mining must be done, without degrading the
environment. In the case of Meghalaya, the state government has not just
addressed the issue, it ignored the issue, and it allowed it to go out
of hand," said BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli.
He also accused the Mukul Sangma-led government of showing its lack of seriousness and commitment to resolve the mining issue.
In
the document, the BJP also highlighted its promise to promote mining of
mineral resources with a sense of responsibility towards the protection
of the environment and regeneration of forests.
Promising to
promote the setting up of small scale industries such as leather, food
processing, fruit processing, the BJP also proposed to simplify rules
for local entrepreneurs for setting up industries in the state.
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