Adani given 20 Sept deadline to comply, mining activity to resume

Six-hour long negotiations on Tuesday defused the tension among the tribals who had stalled mining activities of Adani enterprises in Parsa and Kante Basan coal mines area of Ambikapur district, north Chhattisgarh, for five days. Over a thousand villagers and five Adani officials were present during the dialogue.

Six-hour long negotiations on Tuesday defused the tension among the tribals who had stalled mining activities of Adani enterprises in Parsa and Kante Basan coal mines area of Ambikapur district, north Chhattisgarh, for five days. Over a thousand villagers and five Adani officials were present during the dialogue.

“We have given Adani officials a deadline of 20th September to begin the work of rehabilitation of the tribals whose lands were acquired for mining. If they (Adani) don’t comply then I will be the first person to lock the gate of the company here”, NN Ekka, additional collector (Ambikapur), told HT.

Getting written assurances from both, officials of Adani group and the administration, the tribals decided to call off their protest and the production at the mining site will resume from Wednesday, the officer said.

Progress made by the company on the tribals’ demands would be monitored by the administration in the presence of villagers on the first Sunday of every month.

Tribal residents of four villages in the area were protesting against the Adani enterprises for the latter's alleged failure to comply with their "commitments".