CURATED BY – SUSHIL SONI | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Kotma, A shocking case has come to light from Aamadaar OCP under the Yamuna-Kotma area of ​​SECL, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, where not only human rights are being ignored in the mining sector, but the game of theft and corruption of government coal is also being exposed. Daily wage workers being made to work illegally in Aamadaar OCP have been put into coal sorting work that is very dangerous. These workers are being made to stand around heavy machines and sort coal without any training, safety equipment or technical supervision. This work is done in dangerous conditions, in which life is at risk, but the management and administrative system is silent.

Who is responsible in the accident

The biggest question is that if any accident happens to a worker, then who will be responsible for the management? No official permission has been taken to appoint these workers or get this work done by them. In such a situation, the management will neither consider them as its employees nor authorized workers. On the contrary, if any accident happens, these workers will be declared "coal thieves", and the management will put all the blame on them and wash its hands off the matter. This is not only unethical, but also completely inhuman and illegal.

Illegal appointment, illegal work

The special thing is that according to the rules of Coal India, no post or work like "coal sorting" is officially approved. Still, this work is going on continuously in Aamadaar OCM, which is completely illegal and unlawful. This is an indication that due to collusion between the mine management and some contractors, personal interests are being served by ignoring the rules.

Planned loot of steam coal

ROM (run of mine) coal from Amadar OCP contains a mixture of coal of different grades, in which steam coal i.e. large lumps of coal which burn for a long time are precious and in demand. It is alleged that good grade steam coal is being sorted out before ROM and sold to desired contractors and companies. Companies get this coal at cheap rates and make profits by showing it as low quality on paper.

Huge loss to government revenue

The government treasury is losing crores of rupees in this entire process. In the absence of transparency and monitoring, coal extracted from mines illegally reaches private hands, while the general public does not get any benefit from it. This is a serious indication of corruption and uncontrolled system prevailing in the mining sector.

Administrative silence and lack of accountability

When questions were asked to the mine management and local administration on this matter, no satisfactory answer was received. This silence shows collusion somewhere, which deepens the suspicion that this entire system has been set up in a planned manner.
General Manager Jamuna Kotma area Prabhakar Ram Tripathi, Aamadad OCP sub area manager Vipin Kumar and road cell in-charge Fayaz Ali were called several times but the three officials did not pick up the phone to answer.