Jaipur : The matter of granting permission to use 91.21 hectares of forestland of Parsa East and Kanta Basan (PEKB) coal block in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Aranya coal field to supply coal to the state’s thermal power plant has gone sour. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai has denied giving any such permission to the Rajasthan government. In response to media questions in Chhattisgarh, CM Sai said that there is no such thing, it must have been a mistake from their side. Nothing like this has happened from our side.
It is worth noting that Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma had recently sent a letter to Chhattisgarh CM thanking him for allowing the use of forestland for coal mining. He wrote that the supply of coal will help Rajasthan’s 4340 MW thermal power projects. On the other hand, former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has also raised questions in this matter. He posted a video of a media channel on social media and wrote that the people of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh should be told the truth about this. Are the officers misleading both the Chief Ministers on this issue or are both the Chief Ministers together misleading the public as per their respective political interests.
