Over 1,000 landlosers belonging to 11 villages under the proposed Khagra-Joydeb coal mine in Birbhum’s Loba on Friday wrote to chief minister Mamata Banerjee seeking her intervention to accelerate the project, which did not witness any development in the past two years.
The mass petition, under the banner of the Loba Kirshijami Raksha Committee, was also sent to the Union coal ministry requesting it to direct the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to start the work soon.
“Almost 70 per cent of preparatory work for the coal mine was completed but the pause button was pressed two years ago when the DVC last communicated with us.
