MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES
(SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)
(a) &(b): The land for coal mines is acquired on the basis of Project Report prepared by Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL). The area of land acquired for Makardhokra mines in Umred area of Western Coalfields Limited are as under:-
(A) Makardhokra-I OC Mine:
Sr.
No. Area acquired (Ha) Mode of Acquisition
Tenancy Govt. Forest Total
1) 10.760 0.000 0.000 10.760 Land Acquisition Act’ 1894 in LA case
No. 01/A-65/04-05 award dated 31/01/2009.
2) 44.290 4.000 0.000 48.290 Land Acquisition Act’ 1894 in LA case
No. 02/A-65/04-05 award dated 18/12/2009.
3) 25.900 0.500 0.000 26.400 Land Acquisition Act’ 1894 in LA case
No. 03/A-65/04-05 award dated 07/01/2010.
4) 509.020 20.220 0.000 529.240 Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act’ 1957, Publication u/s 9 (1) vide S.O. No. 3263 on 10/11/2007 and vested to WCL u/s 11 (1) on 22/01/2011.
(B) Makardhokra-II OC Mine:
1) 0.150 0.000 0.000 0.150 Land Acquisition Act’ 1894 in LA case No. 13/A-65/97-98 award dated 22/03/2000.
2) 75.640 0.000 0.000 75.640 Land Acquisition Act’ 1894 in LA case No. 14/A-65/97-98 award dated 20/07/2001.
3) 33.850 0.000 0.000 33.850 Land Acquisition Act’ 1894 in LA case No. 15/A-65/97-98 award dated 08/01/2002.
(C) Makardhokra-III OC Mine:
1385.540 140.610 69.850 1596.000 Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act’ 1957, Publication u/s 9 (1) vide S.O. No. 2571 on 11/08/2012 and vested to WCL u/s 11 (1) on 01/07/2014.
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(c): The number of persons including the land owners and farmers provided compensation for the land acquired from them along with the number of persons who have not been provided compensation are given below:-
Sr. No. Name of mine Number of landowners/ holdings provided compensation for the agricultural/ tenancy land acquired from them Number of persons/ holdings in agricultural/ tenancy land who have not been provided this compensation
1) Makardhokra-I 452 Nil
2) Makardhokra-II 126 Nil
3) Makardhokra-III 1228 Nil
Amount of land compensation of all the land owners whose land has been acquired through District Collector under the provisions of Land Acquisition Act’ 1894, have been disbursed by Spl. Land Acquisition Officer, Nagpur.
Reasons for not providing land compensation are given below:-
i) Amount of land compensation of those land owners whose land has been acquired under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act, 1957 which could not be disbursed to the land owners due to their ownership dispute, share dispute, family dispute or due to pending sub-judice cases in Court etc., has been deposited in Special Tribunal for its disbursement to rightful owners.
ii) 1596 Ha land acquired under Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act, 1957 for Makardhokra-III OC Project involves 6.33 Ha gaothanabadi (homestead) land which is 0.41% of the total acquired land. Payment of compensation of these homestead owners is pending due to their demands which are beyond norms.
(d) & (e): Land compensation amount for the lands acquired under Land Acquisition Act, 1894 through District Collector, has been determined on the basis of provisions u/s 23, 24 & 25 of the said Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Land compensation amount for the lands acquired under Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act’ 1957 has been determined on the basis of the land rates declared by Government of Maharashtra through its Resolution dated 22nd August 2012.
(f) & (g): Does not arise in view of reply given at parts (d) to (e) above.
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