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SME Times News Bureau | 19 Jan, 2019
The Meghalaya government has
issued a modified order allowing transportation of coal in transit
through the state, before a Supreme Court hearing on the issue, an
official said on Saturday.
The order issued by Tining Dkhar,
Commissioner and Secretary of Mining and Geology, allows transportation
of coal that "originates outside the state of Meghalaya and being
transported through the state for consumption by factories, general
households or export".
"We have allowed transportation of coal
loaded from the sites and in transit before the order of the Supreme
Court," Dkhar told IANS.
The apex court on Tuesday banned the
transportation of coal in Meghalaya till the next hearing fixed on
February 19 for its failure to curb illegal mining in the state.
Thirty-three
tranded Bhutanese coal-laden trucks at the Dawki Integrated Check Post
(ICP) in the West Jaintia Hills district, were also allowed to transit
to Bangladesh on Saturday.
"For the time being, we have permitted
the transit of foreign origin coal to Bangladesh through the Dawki ICP
following the amended notification of the Meghalaya government," a
Customs official told IANS.
Meghalaya International Exporters'
Chamber of Commerce, Secretary, Dolly Khonglah said that all the trucks
have transited to Bangladesh's Tamabil for unloading of the consignments
on Saturday.
Bhutan is exporting coal to Bangladesh via India as per the South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement.
India
has named the Dawki-Tamabil and Dalu-Nakugaon land customs stations as
dedicated ports for Bangladesh-Bhutan trans-shipment export-import
trade.
The ban on transportation of coal was of significance in
the wake of a coal mine tragedy in the state on December 13, in which 15
miners were trapped inside an illegal 370-feet deep flooded mine in
Ksan village in East Jainta Hills district.
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