HYDERABAD: Terming partners for development, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) has paid annual compensation to resettled households for the 2nd consecutive year. Under the policy to pay lifetime compensation to the resettled communities, SECMC, a joint venture of the Govt of Sindh and Engro Corporation, a cheque of Rs.100,000/= each was paid to 172 households in a ceremony held at New Senhri Dars Community Center on Wednesday.

As per the Govt approved policy 172 households of Village Senhri Dars, who had been shifted to newly constructed New Senhri Dars, will be paid non-transferrable lifetime-compensation of Rs.100,000/=.

As per the Resettlement Action Plan of Thar Coal Block II, 172 households were amicably shifted to the village New Senhri Dars (NSD) Model Village from village Senhri Dars situated in Thar Coal Block II.

The village NSD was built at 4 km from the old Senhri Dars and houses 172 households. Under this policy, each married couple has been allotted an 1100 yards bungalow with all the basic amenities. In the same model village, a primary and high school with a capacity of 1000 students, two RO Plants supplying clean drinking water, a public park, a playground, streetlights, two community centers, a mosque, a temple, a dispensary, a mini-market consisting of 10 shops have been built. Moreover, every housing unit in the village has been supplied with a HESCO electricity connection and installed by a solar power system.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2021