Dhanbad, August 8: The agitation has begun against the machine loading of coal at the new Coal Depot loading point of BCCL’s Sudamdih ASP colliery. The Rural United Front and United Front obstructed the Jharia-Chandankiyari main road on Thursday morning. The agitators are demanding manual loading instead of the machine. Police arrived there and evacuated the traffic jam. Coal deals has a strained circumstance on the topic of loading.
The leaders of the Rural United Front and United Front jointly along with their hundreds of supporters have gathered near Jharia-Chandankiyari main road near ASP Colliery. Seeing the conflict due to the dispute, the Sudamdih police station in-charge Vinay Kumar arrived with the team. 17 additional male and female police forces have been called from the district. Sudamdih police station in-charge and police personnel tried to remove the huge crowd. Front leaders said that we will withdraw.
First the administration should make sure that no truck will go to lift the coal. There was a heated debate among the police, Morcha leaders and supporters. Front leaders started protesting on Jharia-Chandankiyari main road. Later, the Sudamdih police station in-charge pacified the agitators. After which the road jam was removed. At the same time, the police took out the supporters of United Front standing in ASP Colliery out of the area.
