SHILLONG:
A high-level committee has been set up to investigate claim that coal mined illegally in Meghalaya has been shown to be coal from Assam.
The Coal Controller informed this to the Meghalaya High Court during a hearing on a PIL filed by one Champer M Sangma on September 20.
The order passed by the two-member bench said, “It is submitted on behalf of the Coal Controller that a high-level committee has been constituted to look into the serious allegations made by the petitioner that illegally mined coal in Meghalaya has been shown to be coal that originated in Assam by forging and fabricating documents and seeking to export such coal to a neighbouring country.”
After the petitioner had sought for some time, the hearing has been deferred to October 19.