Itanagar, 18 February : Arunachal Pradesh laga Changlang district te thaka Longtom-I & II, Panchun, aru Injan laga hazar-hazar manu khan Monday din protest rally organize kurise Namchik East aru West coal mining projects laga auction uporte.
Protesters khan open-cast coal mining laga environment aru social impact uporte dangor opposition dekhai, ekta joint march kuri protest kurise. Itu demonstration Injan, Panchun, Longtom-I, aru Longtom-II Committee (IPLLC) laga initiative te hoi, aru protestors khan Miao laga Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) laga maddot pora ekta memorandum Chief Minister ke hand over kurise. Itu memorandum te, protesters khan request kurise ki auction process turan turan rukai dibi, karon itu project forced eviction aru ecological destruction ani bole ase.
Protesters khan highlight kurise ki itu open-cast coal mining project indigenous Tangsa community uporte dangor effect anibo. Itu project nimite, 500 households pora tak approximately 3,000 manu bosti pora ula bole pare, aru tai khan laga traditional way of life bosti jabo pare.
Protesters khan state government ke appeal kurise ki itu auction process rukai dibi aru environmental sensitive jagah khan te massive mining reconsider kuri bole. Indigenous land aru forests laga rights ke safeguard kuri bole bhi request kurise. IPLLC members khan media logot kotha kuri koise ki government itu auction process affected communities logot consultation na kuri thakibole kurise, aru eta prior agreement bhi nai. Itu to indigenous people laga interest ignore kuribo manay, itu nimite IPLLC khan strongly oppose kurise.
IPLLC President Semkhum Tonglim serious concern uthai dise ki itu mining project laga total area 600.07 hectares ase, aru itu large-scale displacement aru long-term demographic aru ecological changes ani bole pare. Tai point out kurise ki Longtom-I aru II, juntu India laga independence pora bhi age form hoise, itu unclassed state forest area uporte ase aru tai bosti te 160 households aru 1,000 pora besi manu thake.
Villages khan agriculture aru forestry upor depend kuri thake decades pora, aru tai khan ke displace kurile constitutional rights, Forest Rights Act, 2006 aru Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 laga violation hobo. IPLLC itu project laga opposition majbut kuri dise aru janai dise ki jodi auction rukabo nai, tai khan protest aro intense kuribo.
Namchik East aru Namchik West coal blocks, juntu auction uporte ase, itu Namchik-Namphuk coalfield laga extension ase aru total estimated reserve 45.802 million tonnes coal, juntu 600 hectares te spread kuri ase. Itu auction laga technical bid February 3 te open hoise aru last bidding process March 3 te hobo.
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