Protest meet demands withdrawal of Deocha Pachami coal project

The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Jai Kisan Andolan and an array of other social associations assembled in Deocha Pachami in Birbhum locale on Sunday to challenge the proposed coal mining project nearby.

Prior in February, the associations had held hands and sent off the ‘Birbhum Jomi, Jeebon, Jeebika o Prokriti Bachao Mahasabha’ to challenge the proposed Deocha Pachami coal mining project and evened out claims of constrained land securing and savagery against tribals and ladies. The associations are requesting a withdrawal of the Deocha Panchami coal project.

Avik Saha National Secretary of Jai Kisan Andolan, an association that is likewise a piece of the development, said that in excess of 1,000 individuals had collected during the dissent.

“We had given a ‘no to coal mining’ call to local people. Reacting to this, more than 1,000 individuals had joined the dissent meet. They pronounced in one voice that they won’t give their property to the venture and have dismissed the pay bundle,” Saha told this paper.

The Deocha Pachami-Dewanganj-Harinsingha coal block has an expected 2,102 million ton of coal and is spread across 9.7 km. In November 2021, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had reported a Rs 10,000-crore remuneration and recovery bundle for the undertaking. The locale is home to 3,010 families, including 1,013 from ancestral networks

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