A total of 45 000 tons of illegally mined coal was seized in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya after the high court pulled up the state government for its failure to check illegal mining Sources said that the seizures were made over the last three weeks
Get PriceSix miners all from Assam died after a crane collapsed into the pit in a forest named Sorkari in East Jaintia Hills district on January 21 The site is not far from Ksan where at least 15
Get PriceAt least 15 miners are trapped in the 370 foot deep illegal coal mine in Lumthari village of East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya since December 13 and all efforts to pump the water out of
Get PriceSHILLONG Nov 2 The 2024 Ksan illegal coal mining mishap is simply waiting to recur if videos circulated on the social media showing illegal coal mining activity in Meghalaya is to be believed The
Get PriceAt least fifteen miners died inside a coal mine in Ksan Village of East Jaintia Hills district after it got flooded on December 13 2024 The rescuers have not able to retrieve at least 10 of the dead bodies till date Also Read Amit Shah on two day visit of Assam Meghalaya from Saturday ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW Related
Get PriceThe former CM said a huge quantity of illegally mined coal which was submitted in the inquiry report of the divisional mining officer Jowai indicating 1 41 000 MT Approximately of coal
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Get PriceThe site is 48 km from where rights and anti mining activist Agnes Kharshiing was assaulted a month ago for her campaign against illegal mining East Jaintia Hills has a major share of an
Get PriceNoted Meghalaya activist Agnes Kharshiing and her aide Amita Sangma were brutally attacked by suspected coal mafia gang in November They were collecting evidence in the East Jaintia hills a
Get Pricein compliance with the directions issued by the national green tribunal the district magistrate east jaintia hills district has prohibited rat hole coal mining in all areas within east jaintia hills district and transportation of coal without valid challan or documents or permission/license issued by competent authority to and from the …
Get PriceShillong Meghalaya [India] January 22 ANI At least six people were killed in an accident at a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district said Meghalaya Home Minister Lakhmen Rymbui on
Get PriceAn estimated 13 15 labourers are reported to be trapped in an illegal coal mine located in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills district since December 10 The police have launched a rescue operation to find and rescue the labourers who entered the rat hole mine and got hedged in it after a recent flood near the Lytein river PTI reported Thursday An official complaint against the proprietor of
Get PriceAt least 15 miners were trapped in a coal mine in the Ksan area of East Jaintia Hills on December 13 2024 While five of them managed to escape rescue efforts for the remaining 10 had
Get Priceby NE NOW NEWS January 14 2024 8 18 pm Former Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma has claimed that illegal unabated coal mining is still being carried out in the state Sangma in a letter written to the state chief secretary said that during a visit to West Jaintia Hills he found that illegal coal mining was taking place in the area
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Get PriceThe illegal coal mining mafias had attacked the women and left them in the jungle It is the second attack incident in Jaintia Hills district as illegal coal mining mafias attacked social activists In March this year Poipynhum Majaw president of Jaintia Youth Federation JYF and RTI activist was found murdered at Khliehriat
Get PriceThe incident vindicated the stand of activists that illegal coal mining occurs in the East Jaintia Hills It not only exploits natural resources but puts lives at risk
Get PriceMeghalaya has an estimated 5 000 illegal rat hole mines mostly in East Jaintia hills After coal mining was banned in 2024 there was a slowdown in economic activities by 70 per cent Earlier in December 2024 Meghalaya saw a similar mining accident when 15 miners were trapped in a mine in Ksan in East Jaintia Hills district
Get Priceguwahati the public furore over 15 labourers trapped inside a rat hole 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 2024 which is said to have contributed to the congress defeat in the recent assembly …
Get PriceNew Delhi AFP India s Supreme Court yesterday slammed authorities for their failure to rescue 15 workers trapped for 21 days in a flooded coal mine in the country s remote northeast The so called rat hole miners have been missing since December 13 last year when water gushed into the narrow pit from a nearby river in […]
Get PriceUnregulated mining is so rampant in the state that several deaths go undetected and unreported almost every month Amid the ongoing rescue operation at Ksan the bodies of two coal miners were discovered on January 6 at an illegal mine 30 km away in the same East Jaintia Hills Miners safety however wasn t the only reason behind the NGT ban
Get PriceThe National Green Tribunal NGT has asked the Meghalaya Police to investigate into nearly 1 200 cases of illegal quarrying across the state This comes in the wake of 15 miners being trapped in an illegal coal mine in December 2024 The whereabouts of the trapped miners are yet to be known even as the rescue operations are underway The three member NGT committee constituted in August last
Get PriceA report from Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills district administration last month admitted that fresh coal mining activities were on in a clandestine manner while other districts claimed that there was no rat hole mining ever since the National Green Tribunal NGT imposed a ban in 2024
Get PriceA coal mine in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills collapsed recently trapping at least 15 workers who are feared dead It has thrown light on a dangerous procedure known as rat hole mining What is rat hole mining It involves digging of very small tunnels usually only 3 4 feet high which workers often children enter and extract coal
Get PriceLAST WEEK the collapse of a coal mine in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills trapping at least 15 workers who were still missing until Wednesday and are feared dead has thrown the spotlight on a procedure known as rat hole mining Although banned it remains the prevalent procedure for coal mining in Meghalaya
Get PricePoipynhun Majaw was murdered in a mining hub in Jaintiah hills after exposing the collaboration between tribal councils and extractive companies Another prominent activist Agnes Kharshiing along with Anita Sangma were violently attacked and found unconscious in the Jaintiah hills after taking photographs of illegal mines in November 2024
Get PriceShillong A most unfrotunate series of events is coming to light from Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills where as many as 13 coal miners are believed to be trapped in an illegal rat hole coal mine Outlawed in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal NGT in 2024 illegal rat hole coal mining is rampant in this part of North East India even to this very day as is evident in this news report
Get PriceActivist Agnes Kharshiing is out of danger days after and her associate Amita Sangma were assaulted near the coal mines at Tuber Sohsrieh in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills district The duo
Get PriceShillong A wildlife and environment protection group in Meghalaya s Jaintia Hills districts has urged the state government to initiate criminal proceedings against officials allegedly allowing illegal coal mining despite a ban imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal
Get Priceoperations to rescue five miners trapped for 14 days in another such illegal coal mine in the state an official said The water level in the mine at Umpleng in East Jaintia Hills district
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