[chhattisgarh-net] Digest Number 2152

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:23:20 -0800

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Re: 600 Chhattisgarh residents are bonded labourers

Posted by: "rahul" aaroh...@yahoo.com   aarohini

Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:30 am (PST)



As a sequel to the unsuccessful strike in Ahmedabad the Eent bhatta union filed a case in the SDM court for release of the bonded labourers but the SDM refused to take cognisance under the bonded labour act. Following which a petition was filed in the Gujarat High Court for relief. The High Court has passed interim orders saying that prima facie the brick kiln workers seem to be bonded labourers and they should be released and given money to go home by the brick kiln owners and the SDM has been directed to see that this is done.

Following this hundreds of labourers including those from Chhattisgarh have been released without having to work for the advances that they had taken and been sent home with brick kiln owners' money.

Rahul Banerjee

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Subject: [chhattisgarh-net] 600 Chhattisgarh residents are bonded labourers

600 Chhattisgarh residents are bonded labourers

IANS

Over 600 poor people from Chhattisgarh' s Janjgir-Champa district alone
have been kept as bonded labourers in others states, a minister told
the state assembly Tuesday.

'Hundreds of people from Chhattisgarh have been kept as bonded
labourers in various states and the government is doing its best to
free them and bring them back to their home state,' Labour and
Agriculture Minister Chandrasekhar Sahu informed the assembly in reply
to a question from Congress member Mahant Ramsundar Das.

The minister said that 662 persons belonging to Janjgir-Champa
district alone have now been kept as bonded labourers, mainly in Jammu
and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh.

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BALCO has encroached 650 acres of land: Minister

Posted by: "Shubhranshu Choudhary" s...@cgnet.in

Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:33 am (PST)



BALCO has encroached 650 acres of land: Minister

IANS

Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) has encroached about 650 acres of
government land at Korba town in Chhattisgarh, the state assembly was
informed Wednesday.

'BALCO has illegally encroached about 650 acres of government land but
Chhattisgarh High Court had recently given its rulings in favour of
the BALCO. The state government is yet to take a view whether it
should move the Supreme Court or not,' Revenue Minister Amar Agrawal
told the assembly in reply to a question by Leader of Opposition
Ravindra Choubey.

Vedanta Resources Plc, a London Stock Exchange listed company, has 51
percent stake in BALCO while the remaining 49 percent is held by the
central government.

Korba is based some 240 km from state capital Raipur.

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Re: BALCO has encroached 650 acres of land: Minister

Posted by: "Kundan Kumar" kumar...@gmail.com

Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:33 pm (PST)



Dear Shubhranshu

Are the basis of High Court Judgement and the details of the case known? As
far as I remember, this included issues of forest land also

Kundan

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Shubhranshu Choudhary <s...@cgnet.in>wrote:

> BALCO has encroached 650 acres of land: Minister

> Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) has encroached about 650 acres of
> government land at Korba town in Chhattisgarh, the state assembly was
> informed Wednesday.

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For tribals, development means exploitation : Dr B D Sharma

Posted by: "Shubhranshu Choudhary" s...@cgnet.in

Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:34 am (PST)



'For tribals, development means exploitation'
Jyoti Punwani, Mar 10, 2010,

B D Sharma is one of India's foremost experts on tribal issues. He
has served as collector of undivided Bastar district in Chhattisgarh
and commissioner for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and has
campaigned extensively to protect the rights of tribals. Currently,
the coordinator of Bharat Jan Andolan, a network of grass-roots
organisations, Sharma tells that current notions of development are at
the root of the Maoist insurgency:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/For-tribals-development-means-exploitation/articleshow/5664400.cms

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22 coal blocks allotted in Chhattisgarh

Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com

Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:47 am (PST)



22 coal blocks allotted in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, March 10 : As many as 22 coal blocks have been allotted to
private companies in mineral-rich Chhattisgarh in the last 10 years.

"Twenty-eight coal blocks have been identified for private firms. Till
date 22 have been allotted," a mining department official told IANS
here. Of the 22 blocks, mining has begun in just six.

The state government has signed 71 agreements with power companies in
the last 10 years to set up thermal plants. Tw companies - Jindal
Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and Lanco Amarkantak Power Pvt Ltd - have
commissioned their plants, the official said.

Chhattisgarh has nearly 20 percent of country's total coal deposits.

--IANS

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Full private entry in coal mining to be delayed

Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com

Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:53 am (PST)



Full private entry in coal mining to be delayed
Sanjay Dutta, TNN, 15 February 2010,

NEW DELHI: Entry of private players in coal mining will be delayed. Contrary to expectations, the coal ministry will not move in the Budget session a bill that would allow auctioning of coal mines to companies without the restriction of captive use.

The postponement comes in the wake of a decision taken by the PM's Energy
Coordination Committee that the bill should be moved only after a consensus
is arrived. The committee had taken the decision after the bill was stalled
in the face of stiff opposition from trade unions.

Subsequently, the government had asked a ministerial panel under finance
minister's chairmanship to examine the matter and ordered the Planning
Commission to prepare a report. The ministerial panel has to make specific
recommendations on policy measures on exploration and mining of coal.

But in the Budget season, the bill has taken a back seat. The bill has been
hanging fire since 2000 when it was moved in the Rajya Sabha. It was cleared
by the standing committee in 2001 but no progress was made in the face of
stiff opposition from trade unions. At present, private industries are
allowed a role in coal mining only for captive use.

The coal ministry has been proposing to opt for a lumpsum payment route for
auctioning coal blocks, instead of royalty and profit-share system being
followed in case of handing out oil or gas concessions. The bid amount will
be realised in instalments over 10 years. Bidders will be asked to make
their offer above the floor price worked out on the basis of the
government's estimate of coal reserves in a block.

On June 20 last year, TOI first reported that the ministry was moving to set
up a regulator in six months or so before opening up coal mining to private
players through the open bidding system. The move aims at garnering
investments of Rs 118,000 crore needed for ramping up production to 1,061
million tonnes a year by 2025.

To ensure that coal-bearing states get higher benefit from their natural
resources, preference will be given to companies that propose to set up
washeries or end-use industry in the same state. If such a company's offer
is within 5% of the highest bidder which does not have plans for
value-addition in the state, the former will be offered the mine but will
have to match the highest bid.

The receipts generated by competitive bidding shall accrue to the government
of the state where the coal block is located. The proposed norm also allows
replacement of coal supply linkages from government coal companies with
captively mined coal to successful bidders. Both fully explored and
regionally explored blocks will be auctioned. In case of regionally explored
acreages, however, exploration will done by state-run CMPDIL or under its
supervision.

An estimated Rs 95,000 crore investment in opencast mining and Rs 23,000
crore in underground mining will be required to attain the 2025 production
target. At present, private role in coal mining is restricted to captive
consumption. "It is not possible for the public sector alone to meet the
demand-supply gap... there is a strong case for opening the sector... in
order to meet the challenge," coal minister Shri Prakash Jaiswal had said.

Coal accounts for 55-60% of India's energy basket. It is vital as rising
population, expanding economy and a quest for improved quality of life is
expected to push energy usage to around 450 kgoe (kg oil equivalent) a year
by 2010. Commercial primary energy consumption in India has grown by about
700% in the last four decades. The country's current annual per capita
consumption of commercial primary energy is about 350 kgoe, well below
developed economies.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Full-private-entry-in-coal-mining-to-be-delayed/articleshow/5573410.cms

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Surrendered Naxals women reveal physical harassment by comrades

Posted by: "sri venkat" ahvenkit...@gmail.com   viji123

Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:01 pm (PST)



*Surrendered Naxals women reveal physical harassment by comrades*
Keonjhar (Orissa) | March 10, 2010

http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20100310/1461915.html

Two female Maoist cadres, who surrendered in Orissa's Keonjhar District, on
Wednesday alleged having suffered mental and physical abuse by their
seniors.

On Tuesday, the two Naxalites had given up arms by surrendering before
senior Orissa Government officials.

According to police officials, the surrendered Maoists alleged that women
cadres were being tortured and they alleged that Maoists also molested women
and girls during their raids in villages at night.

The surrendered Naxals were identified as Malini Hosa alias Muni (20) and
17-year-old Bela Munda alias Lili.

Both of them surrendered before Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashish Kumar
Singh.

According to police, both of them were involved in many incidents of
violence in the District.

Both the surrendered Naxalites said that they had joined the organization
ostensibly on account of the pro-poor image of the Maoists, but they soon
got disillusioned after witnessing marked departure from ideology exhibited
by the cadres, who openly indulge in extortion and harassment of people.

The Government has expressed the hope that the overwhelming majority in this
country will condemn the mindless unlawful activities and violence unleashed
by the Maoists. (ANI)
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Orissa Govt's blanket mining ban orde

Posted by: "C.R Bijoy" bijoy...@gmail.com   crbijoy

Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:20 pm (PST)



http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/03/11/stories/2010031153700100.htm
*Tata Steel hit by Orissa Govt's blanket mining ban order * * Ore loading
stopped at Joda East mines. *

Santanu Sanyal

Kolkata, March 10

The Orissa Government's order banning what it feels “illegal” mining by
private companies in the State's iron ore-rich Banspani / Jarauli areas has
proved too much for Tata Steel.

The order, also promulgating Sec 144 Cr PC, has stopped iron ore loading at
the company's Joda East mines, with the result iron movement from the mines
to the Jamshedpur plant has remained suspended for the past few days. If the
present situation continues, the production at the Jamshedpur plant will be
hit, according to company sources.

Tata Steel's Joda East mines on an average load four rakes of iron ore a
day, accounting for 40 per cent of the Jamshedpur plant's daily requirement
of 10 rakes. An attempt has been made to step up loading at neighbouring
Noamundi mines also belonging to the Tata Steel. But the increased loading
at Noamundi, it is felt, will not be enough to cover the shortfall. “After
all, it is not a switch-on/switch-off kind of thing,” observe sources.

What is particularly causing concern is the not-so-comfortable iron ore
stock at the plant. For about a month now, the South Eastern Railway (SER),
for whatever reasons, loaded less iron ore to a rake – 3,600 tonnes on an
average against the earlier 4,400 tonnes. As a result, the same number of
rakes, though moved into the plant, carried much less quantity.

SER had promised to clear the backlog but the promise, it appears, is
unlikely to materialise as SER's own loading in Banspani /Jarauli areas too
has been hit.

“There is nothing illegal about our mining at Joda East, as the mines are
our own, siding is our own and we produce entirely for our captive
consumption and we're open to all inspection and verification by any
government agency,” says Tata Steel sources.

“But the problem is that those who implement government orders do not
differentiate between chalk and cheese”.

Tata Steel, it was informed, had already taken up the matter with the
appropriate authorities at every level, both at the Centre and Orissa, but
with little success so far.

However, senior officials at the Mines Ministry said they were not aware of
the issue and that the Tatas have not approached them as yet.

Meanwhile, the Orissa Government's order has also hit hard SER, which loads
eight to 10 rakes of ore every day at Banspani and Jarauli.

“We're trying to make up the shortfall by stepping up loading at other
locations such as Barbil, Barajamda and a few other places but the present
situation, if persists, will affect our throughput,” a spokesman of SER told
Business Line.

Iron ore is the single largest item of traffic for SER, accounting for 65
per cent of the total. Till February, SER loaded 70.26 million tonnes of
iron ore out of the total traffic of 115.34 mt.
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