NMDC suffers Rs 12 cr loss a day due to tribal stir in Chhattisgarh

Strike enters 4th day as tribals opposing NMDC mine in no mood to retreat, claiming the area houses their deity

State-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) is bearing a loss of Rs 12 crore a day as operations at its Chhattisgarh projects have been stalled following a strike by tribals protesting against a mine allotted to the company.

Since Friday, thousands of tribals from the interior areas have camping in the sibling towns of Kirandul and Bacheli in Dantewada district where NMDC operates two of its three fully mechanised mines. The agitators are protesting proposed mining in Bailadila deposit no. 13, claiming it houses their deity.

NMDC, which was allotted Bailadila Deposit-13, formed a joint venture with Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC)