Jharkhand assembly yesterday witnessed a furor when Chief
Minister Arjun Munda turned down a demand of the opposition to withdraw a
decision which allows export of iron ore fines of
the size upto 10 mm.
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) legislature party
leader Pradip Kumar Yadav raised the issue in the question hour and demanded withdrawal
of the decision.
In reply Munda said the decision was taken in accordance
with the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) rules to reduce environment pollution
following huge deposits of iron ore 'fines' in the state and also keeping in
mind the per capita steel requirement of the country in the next fifty years.
The opposition suggested that the state government should
set up factories in the state, allowing them to use fines so that employment and
resource opportunities would increase in Jharkhand.
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