People in coal areas to be shifted'
The government has assured that it is taking measures to ensure that people living in areas affected by subterranean fire and subsidence in the coal mining areas of West Bengal and Jharkhand are shifted. This was stated by Union minister of state for coal mines Santosh Bagrodia in the Lok Sabha in response to a calling attention moved in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday by two MPs, Mr Basudeb Acharia of the CPI(M) and Mr Adhir Chowdhury of the Congress.