By Bhupen Goswami

Guwahati : The Congress MP in Assam claimed that 4,000-5,000 rat-hole coal mines have sprung up in the state in the last three years and that too in 11 reserved forests and a wildlife sanctuary. Nagaon MP, Pradyut Bordoloi alleged that a coal mafia, aided and humiliated by the Tinsukia district administration in Upper Assam, was systematically destroying the rainforests and running a large illegal coal mining and trade.Their allegations come close on the heels of the Gauhati High Court directive given to two district magistrates of the state to file an affidavit on illegal mining activities.Bordoloi has accused Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in the coal syndicate case in Margherita, Tinsukia. Bordoloi said that CM Sonowal often talks about zero corruption and a syndicate-free state but in fact, the scene is to the contrary.He said, “The 100-year-old coal mines in Margherita are in critical condition as CM Sonowal, Margherita MLA Bhaskar Sharma, Digboi MLA Suren Phukan, Margherita and Digboi’s Police Officers, Tinsukia District Deputy Commissioner and Tinsukia SP are fully involved. In a syndicate of one crore worth of coal. About a hundred years ago, the Assam Railway and Trading Company from England discovered coal in the number 124 Margherita constitution.

Alleging that the coal mine syndicate in Margherita is being monitored by the Chief Minister’s Office, the Congress MP further said that two months ago he had talked in Parliament about the illegal coal trade in Margherita where an investigation had taken place but all Wasted Nobody dared to stop the coal syndicate.Noting that the coal mafia extracted massive coal from the Patkai Mountains, Bordoloi mentioned that it was named by the administration officials – Margherita Administration (Civil), Police, Forest Department officials and MLA Bhaskar Sharma at Namdang Colliery, Baragolai Colliery , Was supported at Ledo Colliery. , Tickcock Colliery, Tirap Colliery, Tipong Colliery, Lekhapani and Jagun Reserve under Forest Margherita Subdivision.Prime Minister Narendra Modi says ‘Na khoona na khoone denge’ (Neither I nor kha nor nor let others eat), Nagaon MP said, “In fact, CM Sonowal had forgotten that it is PM Modi who syndicated Was introduced in “Assam.

It is difficult to stop it but my protest will continue where I will speak in Parliament until the illegal coal syndicate is completely shut down.Meanwhile, Assam Minister Chandra Mohan Patowari today said that Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal wrote a letter to the CBI almost a year ago to investigate the illegal trading of coal, known as the “coal syndicate” in the state , But the agency has not yet responded.The opposition Congress had demanded a CBI probe into the scam, claiming that Coal India Limited was involved and it was beyond the mandate of the state CID.CID of Assam Police is investigating illegal coal business in the state. “In 2018-19, about 300 coal-laden trucks were seized by the police without any proper documentation. In addition, more than 100 people have been arrested in coal syndicate cases. These people include senior government officials,” Patowary said.Patoveri said the Chief Minister constituted a state-level monitoring committee on the syndicate, which takes reports on a daily basis from the Deputy Commissioners of the districts and the SP. He said 450 cattle were rescued and 55 smugglers were arrested this month from various places in the state, showing “zero tolerance” to the government in any form of syndicate.On the allegation of Congress MP Pradyot Bordoloi that the coal syndicate continues with the support of the Chief Minister’s Office, Petovari dismissed the charge as baseless.