Coal on Environment: Lok Sabha 2012-13
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Coal on Environment: Lok Sabha 2012-13 Q. No. Q. Type Date Ans by Ministry Members Title of the Questions Subject Political State Specific Party Representative 254 Unstarred 14.03.2012 Coal Shri N. Chaluvaraya Safety in Coal Mines Disaster JD(S) Karnataka Swamy Management Health and Sanitation 282 Unstarred 14.03.2012 Coal Shri Kunwarjibhai EIA INC Gujarat Mohanbhai Bavaliya Illegal Coal Mining 305 Unstarred 14.03.2012 Coal Ms. Bhavana Gawali Freshwater SS Maharashtra (Patil) Decreasing Ground and Marine Water Level Conservation Water Management 321 Unstarred 14.03.2012 Coal Shri Kameshwar Baitha Introduction of Modern Disaster JMM Jharkhand Technology Management Environmental Conservation Health and Sanitation 328 Unstarred 14.03.2012 Coal Shri Inder Singh Fire in Coalfields Disaster Ind. Jharkhand Namdhari Management 401 Unstarred 14.03.2012 Coal Shri Baidyanath Prasad Coal Reserves with Disaster JD(U) Bihar Mahto Power Plants Management Ms. Bhavana Gawali EIA SS Maharashtra (Patil) Shri Chandrakant Energy BJP Gujarat Raghunath Patil Studies Dr. Kirit Premjibhai Environmental BJP Gujarat Solanki Conservation Shri Prabodh Panda Health and CPI West Bengal Sanitation Smt. Yashodhara Raje BJP Madhya Scindia Pradesh Shri Nishikant Dubey BJP Jharkhand Dr. Mahendrasinh BJP Gujarat Pruthvisinh Chauhan Shri Narendra Singh BJP Madhya Tomar Pradesh 1177 Unstarred 21.03.2012 Coal Shri S. S. Ramasubbu Electricity Generation Disaster INC Tamil Nadu Management Energy Studies 1278 Unstarred 21.03.2012 Coal Shri Bansa Gopal Reclamation of Coal Environmental CPI(M) West Bengal Chowdhury Mines Conservation 2357 Unstarred 21.03.2012 Coal Shri Murarilal Singh Implementation of EIA BJP Chhattisgarh Environmental Norms Environmental Conservation 2481 Unstarred 28.03.2012 Coal Shri Prasanta Kumar Illegal Mining EIA RSP West Bengal Majumdar Shri Kalikesh Narayan Environmental BJD Odisha Singh Deo Conservation Shri P.R.Natarajan CPI(M) Tamil Nadu Shri Gorakh Prasad BSP Uttar Pradesh Jaiswal Shri Manohar Tirkey RSP West Bengal Rajkumari Ratna Singh INC Uttar Pradesh Shri S. Semmalai Tamil Nadu AIADMK Prof. Ranjan Prasad JD(U) Bihar Yadav Shri Mansukhbhai BJP Gujarat D.Vasava Shri Yashbant Narayan BJD Odisha Singh Laguri Shri Kameshwar Baitha JMM Jharkhand Shri Ravindra Kumar BJP Jharkhand Pandey Shri Ramsinh BJP Gujarat Patalyabhai Rathwa 3292 Unstarred 28.03.2012 Coal Shri Ambica Banerjee Coal Mining Policy Environmental AITC West Bengal Conservation Health and Sanitation 3350 Unstarred 25.04.2012 Coal Shri Jagadanand Singh Quality of Coal Pollution RJD Bihar 3388 Unstarred 25.04.2012 Coal Shri Subhash Bapurao Safety Audit of Coal Disaster SS Maharashtra Wankhede Mines Management Shri Pradeep Majhi Health and INC Odisha Sanitation Shri Kishanbhai INC Gujarat Vestabhai Patel *363 Starred 02.05.2012 Coal Shri Pashupati Nath Unscientific Mining Disaster BJP Jharkhand Singh Management Health and Sanitation Pollution 4153 Unstarred 02.05.2012 Coal Shri N. Chaluvaraya 'Go' and 'No Go' Zone Environmental JD(S) Karnataka Swamy Conservation EIA Forest Conservation *475 Starred 09.05.2012 Coal Shri Yashvir Singh Technologies for Coal Alternative SP Uttar Pradesh Production Technologies Shri Neeraj Shekhar Environmental SP Uttar Pradesh Conservation Health and Sanitation 5356 Unstarred 09.05.2012 Coal Shri Pashupati Nath Coal and Technology Disaster BJP Jharkhand Singh Scheme Management Energy Studies Environmental Conservation Forest Conservation Health and Sanitation Pollution 5376 Unstarred 09.05.2012 Coal Shri Inder Singh Permission for Mining Environmental Ind. Jharkhand Namdhari Conservation EIA 5501 Unstarred 09.05.2012 Coal Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal R&R in Coal Mining Disaster BJP Bihar Areas Management EIA 5504 Unstarred 09.05.2012 Coal Shri Marotrao Sainuji Closure of Coal Mines Disaster INC Maharashtra Kowase Management Pollution 6467 Unstarred 16.05.2012 Coal Shri Pralhad Venkatesh Accidents in Coal Disaster BJP Karnataka Joshi Mines Management Shri S. S. Ramasubbu Health and INC Tamil Nadu Sanitation *10 Starred 08.08.2012 Coal Shri Mahendra Kumar Fire in Coalfields Disaster CPI(M) West Bengal Roy Management Prof. Sk. Saidul Haque EIA CPI(M) West Bengal 89 Unstarred 08.08.2012 Coal Shri Viswanathan Clearance to Coal EIA INC Tamil Nadu Perumal Blocks Shri Vishwa Mohan Environmental JD(U) Bihar Kumar Conservation Forest Conservation 126 Unstarred 08.08.2012 Coal Shri Harin Pathak Alternative Coal Block EIA BJP Gujarat Dr. Mahendrasinh Forest BJP Gujarat Pruthvisinh Chauhan Conservation 158 Unstarred 08.08.2012 Coal Shri Bansa Gopal Accidents in Coal Disaster CPI(M) West Bengal Chowdhury Mines Management Shri Nishikant Dubey Health and BJP Jharkhand Sanitation Shri P. Karunakaran CPI(M) Kerala Shri S. R. Jeyadurai DMK Tamil Nadu Dr. Ram Chandra Dome CPI(M) West Bengal Shri Basudeb Acharia CPI(M) West Bengal Dr. Anup Kumar Saha CPI(M) West Bengal 222 Unstarred 08.08.2012 Coal Shri Manish Tewari Clean Coal Technology Energy INC Punjab Studies Environmental Conservation Pollution *152 Starred 22.08.2012 Coal Shri Inder Singh Fire in Coal Mines Disaster Ind. Jharkhand Namdhari Management Shri Prabodh Panda Health and CPI West Bengal Sanitation 1787 Unstarred 22.08.2012 Coal Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Coal Mining Project EIA RJD Bihar Singh Forest Conservation *65 Starred 27.11.2012 Coal Shri A.K.S. Vijayan Coal for Power Plants Energy DMK Tamil Nadu Studies 763 Unstarred 27.11.2012 Coal Shri Kalikesh Narayan Carbon Emission from Alternative BJD Odisha Singh Deo Coal Plants Technologies Climate Change and Meteorology Energy Studies Pollution 766 Unstarred 27.11.2012 Coal Shri Syed Shahnawaz Illegal Mining of Coal EIA BJP Bihar Hussain Shri Bhismshankar Energy BSP Uttar Pradesh Alias Kushal Tiwari Studies 858 Unstarred 27.11.2012 Coal Shri Hemanand Biswal Disaster INC Odisha Management Shri Somendra Nath Health and AITC West Bengal Mitra Sanitation Shri Hansraj Gangaram BJP Maharashtra Ahir 880 Unstarred 27.11.2012 Coal Sardar Partap Singh Clean Coal Technology Alternative INC Punjab Bajwa Technologies Energy Studies Environmental Conservation 1670 Unstarred 04.12.2012 Coal Shri Tufani Saroj Clearance to Coal Mine EIA SP Uttar Pradesh Projects Shri P. L. Punia Environmental INC Uttar Pradesh Conservation Shri Viswanathan INC Tamil Nadu Perumal 1682 Unstarred 04.12.2012 Coal Dr. (Shri) Ajay Kumar Illegal Mining EIA JVM (P) Jharkhand Shri Sushil Kumar Environmental JD(U) Bihar Singh Conservation 2880 Unstarred 11.12.2012 Coal Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Guidelines for Usage of Energy SAD Punjab Badal Coal Mines Studies Shri Ashok Kumar BSP Uttar Pradesh Rawat 2946 Unstarred 11.12.2012 Coal Shri N. Chaluvaraya Coal Blocks in 'No Go' EIA JD(S) Karnataka Swamy Areas Environmental Conservation *350 Starred 18.12.2012 Coal Shri Datta Raghobaji Adverse Impact of Coal Environmental INC Maharashtra Meghe Mining Conservation Shri Bhausaheb Health and SS Maharashtra Wakchaure Sanitation 3971 Unstarred 18.12.2012 Coal Shri Baijayant "Jay" Continuation of CIL in BJD Odisha Panda ICVL Shri P. Kumar AIADMK Tamil Nadu SAFETY IN COAL MINES 14th March, 2012 LSQ 254 SHRI N CHELUVARAYA SWAMY SWAMYGOWDA Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:- (a) whether the Government is taking any measures for the security of workers/laborers working in the coal mines; (b) if so, whether all the large coal mines of the country have a team of doctors alongwith ambulance facility for emergency; and (c) if so, the details thereof? MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL (SHRI PRATIK PRAKASHBAPU PATIL) (a) : The matter of security of workers /laborers working in coal mines is beyond the purview of the Mines Act, 1952. However, safety of workers is governed in accordance with the provisions as laid down in the Mines Act, 1952 and the regulations, rule and bylaws framed there under. Coal India Ltd. (CIL) has taken several measures to improve standard of safety in its mines in addition to following the statutory provisions under the Mines Act, 1952. (b) & (c) : There is a Team of Doctors and Ambulance at every Area Hospital of the subsidiary companies of CIL, which are well equipped for providing emergency treatment. There are 85 Hospitals with 5,806 Beds, 424 Dispensaries, 667 Ambulance and 1477 Doctors including Specialists in CIL and its subsidiaries to provide medical services including emergency services to the employees. ILLEGAL COAL MINING 14th March, 2012 LSQ 282 SHRI KUVARJIBHAI MOHANBHAI BAVALIA Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:- (a) whether coal reserves have been discovered in chotila Block at Surendranagar in Gujarat and the coal mafia are openly pilfering the said coal in connivance with the administration; (b) If so, the details thereof; (c) Whether the Government proposes to take any concrete steps to check the said pilferage and also to nab the people involved therein; and (d) If so, details thereof along with the time by which the said steps are likely to be taken? MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL (SHRI PRATIK PRAKASHBAPU PATIL) (a): Ministry of Coal has no information on occurrence of coal reserves in Chotila Block at Surendranagar in Gujarat. This has also been confirmed from Geological Survey of India. (b) to (d) : Does not arise. DECREASING GROUND WATER LEVEL 14th March, 2012 LSQ 305 SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDLIKRAO GAWALI PATIL Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:- (a) whether ground water level is falling down due to coal mining in several parts of the country; (b) if so, the details thereof and the measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; (c) whether the Government proposes to extend the contract period for maintenance of small trees by the State forest agencies; (d) if so, the details thereof; (e) whether any directions have been issued to the Coal India Limited and its ancillary companies in this regard; and (f) if so, the details thereof? MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL (SHRI PRATIK PRAKASHBAPU PATIL) (a): No, Sir. However, lowering of ground water level due to coal mining is a temporary phenomenon and is limited to the radius of influence of the mine working.