August 28th 2023.
Raipur: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel of poll-bound Chhattisgarh had some strong words for the BJP government, alleging that they have planned to handover all the mines and minerals of the state to Adani. He claimed that they have already handed over Gare Palema coal mines to Adani through South Eastern Coalfields Limited and are now attempting to hand over Bastar's NMDC's mines to Adani.
He said that the state government is standing in between and the BJP is facing trouble in handing over the precious mines of Chhattisgarh to Adani. CM Baghel further alleged that ED-like agencies were sent to terminate their government, and accused the BJP of trying to loot the precious minerals and assets of the state by favouring Adani.
Alok Shukla, convener of Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan, mocked that South Eastern Coalfields Limited, which is the oldest and most experienced company in coal mining, is now getting its coal excavation work done through Adani. In 2001, hundreds of tribal of the Hasdeo coal mining area had carried out a 300 kilometer Padyatra to Raipur against Adani Coal mining under CBA.
On August 23, SECL signed an agreement of 20 years with Adani under which the company will extract 219 million tonnes of coal for SECL under MDO. However, the corporate communications department of Adani refused to make any comment on the sarcastic comments and serious allegations made.
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