Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi demanded in Parliament on Tuesday that the Centre send an inter-ministerial fact-finding team to probe “largescale illegal coal mining” in Upper Assam. Bordoloi, who has been vocal against illegal coal mining in the state, raised the issue in the Lok Sabha during zero hour. Earlier in the day, the Nowgong MP had given a notice to move an adjournment motion to discuss illegal coal mining in the state but it was disallowed by the Speaker. Bordoloi told The Telegraph from Delhi, “Wide-spread illegal coal mining, trading and transportation of coal using fake documents has been going on in Assam since the BJP-led government came to power in the state. He alleged that the Tinsukia district administration is “aiding and abetting” the coal mafia, which is destroying the pristine jungles along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border by carrying out illegal coal mining.

Source: The Telegraph July 02, 2019 18:45 UTC