Odisha govt asks Angul district administration to directly tell people about rehabilitation package

The Odisha government has asked the Angul district administration to directly communicate with the proposed affected people and keep middlemen away while settling the rehabilitation package for operation of Mandakini coal block allotted to NTPC.

A direction in this regard was issued by Chief Secretary A K Tripathy on Thursday while reviewing and resolving the issues related to exploration from Mandakini coal mines.

“Explain the proposed affected people properly about the rehabilitation package,” Tripathy said, adding that proper housing with basic infrastructure facilities must be made in rehabilitation sites.

The matters relating to the conduct of Socio-Economic Survey (SES), processing of forest diversion proposal, getting the environmental clearances from the statutory authority in Government of India,