Trade unions to mobilise people to build public opinion against commercial coal mining
KOLKATA: Five trade unions in the coal sector have planned to mobilise people in mine areas to generate public opinion against the government’s decision to start commercial mining, after their three-day nationwide strike could not budge the Centre from its stand, officials said on Sunday.
The unions, including RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), of Coal IndiaNSE 0.59 % have also decided to go for a day’s strike on August 18, the last date for submitting bids for the auctioning of 41 blocks.
The Centre has started the auction process for commercial mining, a move that opens the country’s coal sector for private players.
