Panel to be set up for monitoring Rs 5,940-cr revised plan to deal with Jharia coalfield fire

A committee will be set up to monitor the progress of implementation of Rs 5,940-crore revised master plan to deal with Jharia coalfield fire in Jharkhand and rehabilitation of affected families.

Coal Secretary Vikram Dev Dutt has written a letter to the Jharkhand government in this regard.

“A monitoring committee under the co-chairmanship of the Secretary (Coal) and the Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand is to be constituted by the Government of Jharkhand which would then meet on a regular basis to monitor the progress of implementation of the revised JMP (Jharia Master Plan), ” the letter read.