Tension broke out at the Open Cast-II coal mine extension project of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in Ladnapur village of Ramagiri mandal in Peddapalli district in the wee hours of Friday when a group of aggrieved “land oustees” tried to barge into the OC-II mine in protest against a “demolition drive” by the authorities as part of the mine extension project in the village.
The pre-dawn operation by the authorities of the government-owned coal mining giant in the presence of Revenue and the police personnel triggered protests by a section of villagers, sources said.
The aggrieved “land oustees” alleged that they were deprived of the benefits of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) package despite sacrificing their lands for the coal mine extension project in Ladnapur of the SCCL’s Ramagundam III Area.
