15 labourers trapped in Meghalaya coal mine: Latest ...
Dec 27, 2018· A total of 15 miners are trapped in a 370footdeep illegal mine in the Ksan area of Lumthari village in Meghalaya since December 13. The NDRF had deployed a .
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Dec 27, 2018· A total of 15 miners are trapped in a 370footdeep illegal mine in the Ksan area of Lumthari village in Meghalaya since December 13. The NDRF had deployed a .
Department of Mining and Geology, Government of Meghalaya. Minerals of Meghalaya. The State of Meghalaya is endowed with large deposits of a number of valuable minerals such as coal, limestone, kaolin, clay, granite, glasssand and uranium.
Coal mining was a key poll issue for the opposition which used it to turn the table on Congress. The BJP, which is also a coalition partner of the Meghalaya Government led by Conrad Sangma, also promised it would solve the problem of illegal mining within 180 days. According to the report submitted to the Supreme Court, though the Meghalaya CM ...
Dec 26, 2018· Fifteen miners are trapped in an illegal "rathole" mine in Meghalaya, and their families have given up hope that they''ll be rescued alive. The unscientific mining of coal using small horizontal holes along the coal seams has been banned by the National Green Tribunal since 2014.
Aug 15, 2019· The Supreme Court on July 3 set aside the ban on coal mining in Meghalaya imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) since April 2014, and allowed mining operations on privately and communityowned land, subject to permissions from authorities concerned.
Jun 26, 2020· SHILLONG: The intervention of the High Court of Meghalaya was sought regarding illegal coal mining in Meghalaya. Advocate AS Siddiqui, on behalf of the petitioner, Abdul ad Choudhury, petitioned the Joint Registrar of the court for urgent listing of a writ petition in this regard.
Jan 14, 2019· A group of social activists on Sunday released two volumes of a citizens'' report urging the Supreme Court that coal mining in Meghalaya be stopped completely and other forms of .
Charged by the Opposition of failing of control unregulated coal mining, Meghalaya Mining Minister Mr B M Lanong today maintained the government do not intend to disturb the ''customary rights'' of
Jan 19, 2019· Unregulated coal mining in Meghalaya has destroyed the structure of tribal community land holding, resulting in largescale land alienation and displacement of tribal poor. The SocioEconomic Caste Census 2011 reveals that 76 per cent of the local tribal community is landless. "Landlessness has increased in places where coal mining has been ...
Apr 26, 2019· Shillong: A National Green Tribunalappointed judicial panel headed by retired judge BP Kakoti has urged the Meghalaya government to install CCTV cameras in different locations to monitor transportation of illegal coal across the state. The direction of the judicial panel came after a meeting was held in Shillong to discuss the issues related to coal mining in the state.
The Supreme Court will conduct a final hearing on issues related to coal mining in Meghalaya on December 4. It deferred its order regarding pleas for allowing transportation of extracted and assessed coal. There are at least five petitions before a bench of the apex court on the coalmining issue.
Meghalaya''s Directorate of Mineral Resources would be conducting an orientation and sensitisation programme for all coal mine owners in East Jaintia Hills district toward granting of prospecting ...
GUWATI: With Supreme Court revoking National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban on coal mining last month, Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K. Sangma said the order goes way beyond coal industry or it goes beyond the mineral rights that we might have.
Meghalaya mine mishap: Water being pumped out, Navy divers get to work. As many as 15 workers were trapped in a 370footdeep illegal coal mine in Ksan area of Lumthari village in the state. Jan 07, 2019, 23:31 PM IST
Jan 14, 2019· It looks at how and why unregulated and illegal coal mining in Meghalaya continues even after the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Supreme Court of India. The second volume puts together these reports in the backdrop of the murderous attack on Kharshiing and Sangma by the "coal mafia (coal mine owners that include five ...
On December 13, an illegal coal mine in Saipung area of Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district collapsed and got flooded from the adjacent Lytein river which trapped at least 15 workers who are feared dead now. The rescue operations were temporarily halted Monday as the water pumps proved ineffective in bringing down the water level. (Express ...
Read more about Illegal, unregulated coal mining in Meghalaya caused environmental degradation, says SC on Business Standard. Environmental degradation by illegal and unregulated coal mining has taken place in Meghalaya, the Supreme Court held Wednesday and directed the state to deposit Rs 100 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for restoration
Coal is the most abundantly available fossible fuel in India and meets a substantial part of energy needs of the country. The northeastern states of India, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and ...
Dec 31, 2018· Guwati: The public furore over 15 labourers trapped inside a rathole mine in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district since December 13 has sharpened focus on illegal coal mining in the state despite a ban clamped by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014 which is said to have contributed to the Congress defeat in the recent assembly election.
Jan 18, 2009· Meghalaya, a state better known for its abundant forest wealth and natural beauty, is unfortunately also home to a highly hazardous, unregulated and unscientific form of coal mining .
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will finally pronounce its orders today on transportation of the extracted coal as well as reopening of coal mining in the state of Meghalaya after three days of hearing and deliberation on the matter. "The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has heard all parties on the ban and after three days will provide its set of new orders to be carried out ...
The Supreme Court will conduct a final hearing on issues related to coal mining in Meghalaya on December 4. It deferred its order regarding pleas for allowing transportation of extracted and assessed coal. There are at least five petitions before a bench of the apex court on the coalmining issue.
Acting on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Meghalaya government last week suspended rathole mining and transportation of coal in the entire state. The announcement came formally through a press statement by Y Tsering, state principal secretary for mining and geology.
Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya has dispossessed 76 percent of the local tribal population of their land, resulting in largescale migration of the tribal poor to the urban centres of Shillong and Tura, the report says, adding that this was the major reason for inequality of wealth in the state.
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