Lok Sabha Question No. 2280 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Facilities provided by SECL
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: KAMALBHAN SINGH MARABI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2280 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016

## Facilities provided by SECL

## 2280.  SHRI KAMALBHAN SINGH MARABI:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) The facilities provided by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) to the local people and workers in Chhatisgarh;
- (b) The  details  of  the  development  works  done  under  CSR  and  other  heads  in  various districts including Sarguja during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (c) the details of provision regarding levelling of tunnels and pits under extracting coal from open cast mines and underground mines?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a) SECL has been providing various facilities to the local people and workers, detailed are as under:
- 1) Promoting  preventive  health  care  and  sanitation  and  making  available  safe  drinking water, by organizing health camps.
- 2) Promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children, women by construction of school buildings, imparting training to youths through MukhyaMantri Kaushal VikasYojana.
- 3) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojna.
- 4) Livelihood  enhancement  projects  by  construction  of  livelihood  college  at  Nipaniya, Bilaspur
- 5) Measures  for  reducing  inequalities  faced  by  socially  and  economically  backward groups by supporting poor children especially from SC/ST communities through Udan and InjorYojna
- 6) Ensuring  environmental  sustainability,  ecological  balance,  protection  of  Flora  and Fauna, animal welfare, agro-forestry, conservation of natural resources by supporting the HariyarChattisgarhYojna of CG  Government, constructing check dams in Achanakmar  Tiger  Reserve  for  wild  life,provided  financial  assistance  to  District Administration, Balrampur for developing infrastructure to preserve the Tatapani hot water springs.
- 7) Training  to  promote  rural  sports,  nationally  recognized  sports  by  constructing  hostel for Sports Authority of India, supporting various Sports Organizations, Construction of

Gymnasium Building at ward No. 15 at Nagar Panchayat of Bhatgaon. 8)  Rural  development  projects  through  various  infrastructural  projects  such  as  Construction  of

- Roads, Community Centres.
- (b) Works taken up under CSR may relate to providing infrastructure, education health, sports, drinking  water  facilities,  etc.  The  details  of  different  development  works  undertaking  by SECL under CSR in various Districts including Sarguja during each of the last three years and the current year are enclosed as Annexure.

(c) All subsidiary companies of Coal India Ltd adopt a definite Mine Closure Plan for each of their mines comprising Progressive Closure plan and Final Closure plan duly approved by the competent  authority  as  per  the  guidelines  of  MoC.    Coal  India  Ltd  is  taking  action  as  per provisions of approved Mine Closure Plan during its mine closure activities.

The closure of mines evolves environmental, technical and  social aspect, and financial assurance for  implementing  the  post  closure  activities  as  per  guidelines  of  Ministry  of  Coal.  The  post closure implementing activities will run for three years.

Mine  Closure    activities  for  levelling  of  tunnels  and  pits  after  extracting  of  coal  from underground  and  opencast  mines  includes,    Preparation  of  Survey  &  Disposal  Report,    slope Stability study for high walls and internal backfilled dumps, Backfilling of mined out Area (OC), Dismantling of industrial structure , Grading & dozing of high walls for OC, Fencing of quarry, Clearing of coal Stock and Infrastructural Area,  Plantation and landscaping on backfilled area, Plantation over cleaned land of Infrastructure, Sealing of mine entries for  UG  mine, Environmental  Monitoring,  Subsidence  Management  for  U/G  and  Post  closure  subsidence monitoring for UG mines.

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## Details of CSR Activities initiated/completed by the company during the last three year and current year i.e. 2015-16

|   S.No | Area         | Year    |   No. of Works | Nature of works taken up                              |
|--------|--------------|---------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Baikunthapur | 2015-16 |              1 | Infrastructure: Boundary wall around Panchayat Sabha. |
|      2 | Bhatgaon     | 2014-15 |              9 | Infrastructure                                        |
|      3 |              |         |              6 | Education                                             |
|      4 |              |         |              1 | Drinking Water                                        |
|      5 | Bishrampur   | 2013-14 |              1 | Infrastructure                                        |
|      6 |              |         |              1 | Health                                                |
|      7 |              |         |              1 | Sports                                                |
|      8 | Chirimiri    | 2013-14 |              1 | Infrastructure                                        |
|      9 |              | 2015-16 |              8 | Sanitation                                            |
|     10 | Dipka        | 2012-13 |              1 | Infrastructure                                        |
|     11 |              | 2014-15 |              2 | Education                                             |
|     12 |              | 2015-16 |             10 | Sanitation                                            |
|     13 | Gevra        | 2014-15 |              8 | Infrastructure                                        |
|     14 |              |         |              1 | Education                                             |
|     15 |              | 2015-16 |              1 | Sanitation                                            |
|     16 | Kusumunda    | 2012-13 |              1 | Infrastructure                                        |
|     17 |              | 2014-15 |             11 | Drinking Water                                        |
|     18 |              |         |             14 | Infrastructure                                        |
|     19 |              | 2014-16 |              1 | Water Supply                                          |
|     20 | Raigarh      | 2011-12 |              3 | Drinking Water                                        |
|     21 |              |         |              2 | Infrastructure                                        |
|     22 |              | 2012-13 |              4 | Drinking Water                                        |
|     23 |              |         |              3 | Infrastructure                                        |
|     24 |              | 2013-14 |              1 | Infrastructure                                        |
|     25 |              | 2014-15 |              3 | Infrastructure                                        |
|     26 |              |         |              1 | Art and culture promotion                             |
|     27 |              | 2015-16 |              3 | Sanitation                                            |
|     28 | SECL HQ      | 2013-14 |              1 | Infrastructure                                        |
|     29 |              | 2015-16 |              2 | Art and culture promotion                             |
|     30 |              |         |              3 | Sports                                                |
|     31 |              |         |              3 | Health                                                |
|     32 |              |         |              1 | Education                                             |
|     33 |              |         |              1 | Environment                                           |
|     34 |              |         |              1 | Miscellaneous                                         |
|     35 |              |         |              2 | Sanitation                                            |