Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that the Raniganj coal belt in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district might also face a fate similar to that of calamity-hit Joshimath in Uttarakhand as the area is also subsidence-prone.
The central government should have taken steps much earlier as there were already predictions of land subsidence, the CM said. The residents of Joshimath were not responsible for the disaster and the Centre must take steps on a war-footing to protect people, she said, adding that the situation was “very dangerous” there.
