The six districts are East Jaintia Hills, West Jaintia Hills, East Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills, East Garo Hills and West Garo Hills.
The Committee, headed KS Kropha and MS Rao as chairman and convenor respectively, asked the State Government to permit transportation of coal from six districts subject to strict adherence to the 21-point guidelines issued by the former, official sources said on Monday.
The Committee recommended that seven working days may be kept for preparatory work of printing requisite forms and issue of orders detailing modalities for collection of royalty and issue of Transport Permits in accordance with the guidelines besides it was recommended that all the concerned departments i.e. Mining & Geology, Taxation, Transport, Police and the District administration will arrange for a thorough briefing of all the officials involved in the implementation of these guideline.
The Committee said that upon issue of the notification by the State Government, all coal mine owners shall be given fourteen working days time for payment of royalty.
Royalty will be payable on the quantity assessed / declared, whichever is higher and the Transport Permit against this, however, will be restricted to the assessed quantity only, official sources said on Monday.
The collections will be done District wise. Mine owners who do not comply with this directive are liable for prosecution under Section 21(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957/ Section 177 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
The Committee also recommended that during verification and assessment, there are cases where the owner of the assessed quantity could not be ascertained. Persons claiming ownership in such cases will have to establish the same before the Deputy Commissioner of the District concerned, who shall then recommend such cases to DMR.
” All coal owners shall maintain registers of declared quantity, assessed quantity, date wise sale, date wise loading and date wise despatch of the coal in the proforma placed at Annexure-VIII. These registers will be subject to the verification of the District Magistrates and the DMR,” Committee recommended.
The Committee said thattthe weight of coal loaded in each truck will be quantified by volumetric method at the exit point of the State. Verification of the loaded quantity at the exit point is to be entered on the reverse side of the challan by the DMR staff.
The challans will be properly stamped at the exit point so that they cannot be reused. A register for recording data pertinent to quantification of stock exiting the State shall be maintained by the DMR check gates with particulars of date, time, truck number, Transport Permit No. and quantity. All entries will be duly signed by the senior most official manning the check gate.
The Committee further recommended that a maximum of 9 MT will be allowed to be transported by each 2-axle truck, which will be in conformity with the Supreme Court ruling, sources added.
The normal standard loading dimensions for each truck shall be 15ft (L) x 7ft (B) x 3.5ft (H). In case of variation in the dimensions of the truck, the loading height will be suitably fixed so that the load quantity does not exceed 9 MT.
Only 2-axle trucks will be permitted to carry coal. For easy identification by Volumetric Methodology, each truck shall have to fix a permanent fluorescent line on 3 (three) sides of the body of the truck indicating the height of loading.
The Transport Department will issue directions to ensure that all transporters comply with the requirement of a Permanent Fluorescent Line’ on 3 (three) sides of the body of the truck so that the loading is restricted to 9 MT.
Source: The Shillong Times
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