Land acquisition Bill should include coal mining also: CPI(M)

NEW DELHI: CPI(M) today said the proposed land acquisition Bill should include the aspect of coal mining also and the party would seek amendement to this effect when it comes up in Parliament.

"The land acquisition Bill is lacking on coal mining issue. When the land is acquired for coal mining under Coal Mining Act, it does not get covered under the proposed Land Acquisition Act. So, the provisions of compensation, rehabilitation and other benefits are not applicable when the land is acquired for coal mining," CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat said here.

"So, our demand is to include it in the proposed Land Acquisition Act and we will seek amendments to this effect in Parliament", Karat said after a documentary show on coal mining here.