Lok Sabha Question No. 4040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Compensation to Displaced Persons
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

## PGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4040 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.8.2017

## Compensation to Displaced Persons

## 4040.   SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  the  compensation  for  the  lands  taken  from  the  tribals  for  South  Eastern  Coalfields Limited  (SECL),  Chhattisgarh,  Central  Coalfields  Limited  (CCL),  Jharkhand  and  Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), Odisha has been paid;
- (b) whether the displaced persons in Chhattisgarh have been rehabilitated in places equipped with all facilities after the land acquisition;
- (c) if so, the details of the places, number of the persons benefitted and facilities provided for their rehabilitation;
- (d) whether public hearing  was conducted before the land acquisition and if so, the time and place where they were conducted and by whom;
- (e) the  area  of  land  acquired  in  Kusmunda  mine    in  Korba  district  in  Chhattisgarh  and  the  yearly production in this mine from 2009 to 2016; and
- (f) the number of cases of coal theft that came to light and the action taken thereon till date ?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  COAL, POWER, MINES AND NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): Yes Sir. Land compensation in respect of tribal lands acquired for coal mining is being paid as per the provisions of the Act(s) under which the land has been acquired. The R&R benefits are being paid as per the Coal India Limited (CIL) R&R Policy, 2012.
- (b): Yes Sir SECL has informed that the displaced persons in Chattisgarh have been rehabilitated in places equipped with all facilities after the land acquisition in respect of SECL.
- (c): The details  of  the  places,  number  of  the  persons  benefited  and  facilities  provided  for  their rehabilitation by SECL are as under:
- (d): As per the CBA Act & LA Act, under which the land is being acquired in CIL, there is no provisions for public hearing. However, there is a grievance redressal mechanism as laid down in the Acts which deals the specific complains/grievances.
- (e): The area of land acquired in Kusmunda mines in Korba district in Chhattisgarh is 2382.764 hectare.  The  year-wise  production  from  Kusmunda  Mine  of  Kusmunda  Area  (Korba  District, Chhattisgarh) is as under:-
- (f): As per the information provided by the subsidiary companies the status report is places as below:

|   Sl. No. | Name of R&R Site/Location (Village/Tehsil / District)        |   No. of PAFs Rehabilitation | Facilities provided at R&R Site                                                                                                       |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Gangadharpur Lat Rehab. Site (Chhal /Dharamjaygarh/ Raigarh) |                           47 | Road, Electric power supply, Street light, Ponds, Wells, Bore wells, Anganwadi, School, Health Centre, Community Hall, Land for Shop. |
|         2 | Nehru Nagar R&R Site (Batari / Katghora / Korba)             |                           34 | Internal road and Culverts, Children park, Pond, School building, Panchayat Bhawan, training centre, Bus stand.                       |
|         3 | Vivekananda Nagar (Beltikri / Katghora / Korba)              |                          111 | Primary school, Hand pump, Pond, Internal WBM road including black topping,                                                           |

|    |                                                         |     | Deosthan, Open stage, Well, Deep bore well, Electricity for street lighting, Children park, Drain, Tree guard, Panchayat Bhawan.                                                                                                                                      |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  4 | Gandhi Nagar (Sirki / Katghora / Korba)                 | 131 | Primary school, Hand pump, Pond, Internal WBM road including black topping, Deosthan, Open stage, Well, Deep bore well, Electricity for street lighting, Children park, Drain, Tree guard, Panchayat Bhawan. Training centre, Toilet and Septic tank in girls school. |
|  5 | Chainpur Nagar (Chainpur/ Katghora / Korba)             |  53 | Primary school, Hand pump, Pond, Internal WBM road including black topping, Deosthan, Open stage, Well, Deep bore well, Electricity for street lighting, Children park, Drain, Tree guard, Panchayat Bhawan.                                                          |
|  6 | Chainpur Nagar Batari (Batari / Katghora / Korba)       |  74 | Primary school, Hand pump, Pond, Internal WBM road including black topping, Deosthan, Open stage, Well, Deep bore well, Electricity for street lighting, Children park, Drain, Tree guard, Panchayat Bhawan.                                                          |
|  7 | Nehru Nagar (Batari / Katghora / Korba)                 |  41 | Internal road and Culverts, Children park, Pond, School building, Panchayat Bhawan, training centre, Bus stand.                                                                                                                                                       |
|  8 | Adarshnagar (Bhatgaon/Bhaiathan / Surajpur)             | 227 | Approach road, Colony road, Electrical supply and Transformer, Hand pump, Well, Pond, Primary School, Community centre, Health centre, Playground, Shopping centre.                                                                                                   |
|  9 | Pandripani (Karampur / Tehsil & District Surajpur)      | 131 | Building for primary school, Shopping centre, Building for community centre, Building for health centre, Wells, Pond, Hand pumps, Approach road, Internal road, Erection of electric pole and electric wire, Playground.                                              |
| 10 | Kamalapur (Kamalapur / Tehsil & District Surajpur)      |  03 | Building for primary school, Shopping centre, Building for community centre, Building for health centre, Pond, Hand pumps, Approach road, Internal road, Erection of electric pole and electric wire, Playground.                                                     |
| 11 | Rani-Atari township (Rani-Atari / Podi-Uproda / Korba)  |  04 | Street light, Road, Tubewell, Hospital, School, Place of worship, Recreation centre, etc. and other amenities.                                                                                                                                                        |
| 12 | Sarvamangla Nagar (Barampur & Durpa / Katghora / Korba) | 649 | Street light, Road, Tubewell, Hospital, School, Place of worship, Recreation centre, etc. and other amenities.                                                                                                                                                        |
| 13 | Vaishali Nagar (Khamaria/ Katghora / Korba)             | 448 | Street light, Road, Tube well, Hospital, School, Place of worship, Recreation centre, etc. and other amenities.                                                                                                                                                       |
| 14 | Laxman Nagar (Gevra / Katghora / Korba)                 | 191 | Street light, Road, Tube well, Hospital, School, Place of worship, Recreation centre, etc. and other amenities.                                                                                                                                                       |
| 15 | Yamuna Nagar (Kuchaina / Katghora / Korba)              |  06 | Street light, Road, Tube well, Hospital, School, Place of worship, Recreation centre, etc. and other amenities.                                                                                                                                                       |

| Year    |   Production (in 000' tonnes) |
|---------|-------------------------------|
| 2008-09 |                       10557.6 |
| 2009-10 |                       11204.2 |
| 2010-11 |                       14563   |
| 2011-12 |                       15000   |
| 2012-13 |                       15000   |
| 2013-14 |                       18422.6 |
| 2014-15 |                       18750   |
| 2015-16 |                       24501   |
| 2016-17 |                       26000   |

SECL: There have been 13 attempts of coal theft in field areas of SECL in the last three years & the current year.  FIR has been lodged at respective police stations in all the cases.  The entire quantity of theft coal has been recovered in 12 cases and in one case, the investigation is in process.

MCL: There has been no report of pilferage of coal in large  scale  in  the  command  area  of  MCL. However, some stray cases by means of bicycles & baskets do take place by local villagers, which is being jointly dealt by MCL Security and District Police of the State. Till date in the current financial year 2016-17 there are 26 and in 2017-18 (up to June, 2017) there are 05 numbers of cases have come to light and the cases are being dealt either by respective Dy. Director of Mines(DDMs) or at Local Police out posts and also the recovered coal is being deposited in the respective collieries

CCL: 858 raids have been jointly conducted by CCL Security & District Police during the last two years & the current year wherein about 278 tonne of coal was apprehended and the recovered coal has been deposited at the respective collieries.

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