Will also visit various sites
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 3: After the visit of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievance and Law and Justice, the PSC on Coal, Mines and Steel is scheduled to meet senior officers and other stakeholders during its tour of Jammu and Kashmir from July 5-10.
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THE PSC on Coal, Mines and Steel is headed by former Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha Member from Himachal Pradesh Anurag Thakur.
The mining has been subject matter of discussion in Jammu and Kashmir and the Parliamentary Committee will take detailed feedback from stakeholders during its six-day visit to the Union Territory.
The Panel has also in its itinerary a series of meetings with senior officers of the civil administration including those concerned with coal and mining operations, the sources said.
The Panel has to submit its report to the Parliament.
Sources said the Parliamentary Committee has also in its schedule the tours to various places of coal and mining operations for on spot review.
The PSC on Personnel, Public Grievance and Law & Justice headed by BJP MP Brij Lal recently concluded its four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
The Committee on ‘One Nation, One Election’ is also expected to visit Jammu and Kashmir though it has not given any dates so far. Jammu and Kashmir was among four States/UTs, the Committee had proposed to cover in Phase-I.
“Had the Parliamentary Committees started their visits in the month of April, many such Panels would have visited Jammu and Kashmir on study tours but because of Pahalgam terror attack followed by Operation Sindoor, the visits were deferred,” the sources said.
Twenty six civilians including 25 tourists and a local were killed by the terrorists at Baisaran in Pahalgam.
The PSC on Home Affairs which had finalized its six-day visit from April 26 had deferred the visit in view of Pahalgam attack while rest of the Panels which planned to visit the UT had also postponed their schedule.
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