Dharmendra bats for coal transporters

Bhubaneswar: Dharmendra Pradhan the Union Petroleum and Natural gas Minister went to bat for the locals’ interest in the mining projects as he takes up the issue with Piyush Goyal, the union Power and Coal Minister.
“In the transportation and evacuation operations of minerals in the mine areas” The oil minister says “trucks and trolleys should have some share along with the railways.”
Mr Pradhan who hails from the Coal Mine area of Talcher said the large numbers of trucks and trolleys are owned by the project affected people in mines area like Talcher,Brajrajnagar and Sndergarh for their means of earning. Hence their interests should be taken care of by the appropriate authorities.
The coal minister assured to look into the matter as he took cognigance of the subject.