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Coal India illegally mined coal worth Rs 4,900 crore in Assam, commission blames Centre and state -Rokibuz Zaman

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A one-man judicial commission has recommended that the company pay the full amount as penalty for its violations in a forest that is home to elephants.

In July 2020, the government of Assam ordered an inquiry into allegations of illegal mining in the state’s Digboi forest division. The division, an administrative category, falls within the larger Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve, one of India’s largest rainforests.

In December 2021, the report of the one-man commission of Justice Brojendra Prasad Katakey was tabled in the state assembly. Over nearly 300 pages, the report details rampant violations by North Eastern Coalfields, or NEC, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, which is a Central government-owned company and the world’s largest coal miner.

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