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Jan 16, 2019· New Delhi: A committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has blamed the "unabated illegal mining" in Meghalaya for triggering the tragedy, entrapping 15 workers in a 320feet deep rathole coal mine. The committee headed by retired high court judge BP Katakey has emphasised that illegal mining is unchecked mostly in the East Jaintia Hills District where workers are still .
Jun 28, 2020· SHILLONG: Though the government had denied illegal mining of coal in the past, fresh extraction of mining was detected on Friday. Following the illegal mining of coal,, Divisional Mining Officer, West Jaintia Hills filed an FIR based on the complaint of one Damehi Lamare.
Jan 14, 2019· Shillong: A month after 15 miners got trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, a group of social activists released a citizens'' report urging the Supreme Court to crackdown on coal mining and the coal mafias in the state. According to the twovolume report filed by social activists social activists Agnes Kharshing, Amita Sangma, Angela Rangad, Michael N. Syiem, the Meghalaya .
Dec 14, 2018· Shillong: 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 in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, illegal rathole coal mining is rampant in this part of NorthEast India even to this very day as is evident in this news report.
Jan 12, 2019· In the Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya''s coal country, where 15 workers have been trapped in an illegal mine since December 13, sports utility vehicles, usually .
Jul 16, 2020· SHILLONG: Police have detected three trucks over the last one week allegedly illegally transporting coal in West Khasi Hills and East Jaintia Hills districts. On July 11, around 5 pm, police detected and seized one truck (ML04B2789) driven by Dapborlin Puweiñ (35 yrs), while illegally transporting coal at Umsor village under Shallang PS in ...
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Dec 29, 2018· The 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. Abdul Karim, who was...
Dec 22, 2018· Following the mine collapse, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said in a video that illegal mining does happen, and promised appropriate action. Agnes Kharshiing, a leading campaigner on issues including illegal mining, and her colleague Amita Sangma were attacked in East Jaintia Hills last month while trying to locate an illegal mine.
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.
Meghalaya police have arrested the owner of the illegal coal mine in the state''s East Jaintia Hills district where 13 miners, trapped due to flooding on Thursday, are yet to be located and rescued.
Meghalaya has an estimated coal reserve of close to 600 million tones, concentrated in the Jaintia and Garo 2014, the National Green Tribunal clamped a ban on rathole mining following a ...
Mining Mafia Is Wreaking Havoc Across India By. In meghalaya, the lush green state nestling in the hills, coal mining is a notorious activity undertaken by many illegal jaintia hills, where the disaster struck the workers, they were illegally operating mines and were trapped in a 370foot deep mine.
Dec 15, 2018· On April 17, 2014, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned illegal rathole mining after the All Dimasa Students Union and the Dima Hasao District Committee filed a petition that highlighted the unscientific and unregulated rathole coal mining operations in the Jaintia Hills. However, following protests by the mining lobby, the tribunal ...
Dec 26, 2018· The mine, constructed in a jungle in the state''s East Jaintia Hills district, was employing a method of extracting coal known as rathole mining. Get Price; Meghalaya coal mine mishap: Has the government failed the ...
The question is now reverberating as 13 coal miners are reported feared dead in a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills on Thursday morning. The NGT''s ban four years ago seems to have had little effect. Two incidents — 13 miners getting trapped inside a coal pit and attack on social activists, who has been vocal against illegal mining, Agnes ...
Coal mining was a key poll issue for the opposition which used it to turn the table on Congress. During poll campaign in Jaintia hills region, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and his partymen were extremely vocal about the coal mining ban and how it was affecting the livelihood of many.
West Jaintia Hills (Pron: ˈʤeɪnˌtɪə) is an administrative District in the state of Meghalaya in united district (Jaintia Hills District) was created on 22 February 1972 and occupied an area of 3819 km had a population of 295,692 (as of 2001). The district is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion. With the bifurcation of the erstwhile Jaintia Hills District ...
Jan 14, 2019· The submission of the reports is significant in the wake of 15 miners being trapped in an illegal flooded coal mine in East Jaintia Hills districts for a month now, besides the murderous attacks on social activists Kharshiing and Sangma.
Unknown to many in the rest of India, a coalmine rescue operation was officially going on for the past 211 days, or seven months, in Meghalaya. The rescueandretrieval mission in East Jaintia Hills, where 15 miners are feared trapped in an illegal rathole pit, was formally called off on Friday after the Supreme Court gave permission to do so.
Nov 08, 2018· The 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.
Jun 10, 2020· Rescue operations at the illegal coal mine at Ksan, East Jaintia Hills. In December 2018, at least 16 miners were submerged alive in the East Jaintia Hills, the most notorious coal district in the state. This happened while the Supreme Court was considering petitions to set aside the coal ban, and the tragedy made national headlines.
Illegal, unregulated coal mining in Meghalaya caused A total of 15 miners were trapped on December 13 last year in an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, about 37 km deep inside a forest, when water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it Only two bodies could be recovered from the mine.
Oct 17, 2019· Shillong: On November 8, 2018, two women firebrand activists, Agnes Kharshiing and Amita Sangma, were brutally attacked by the henchmen of the coal mafia operating at Tuber Shohshrieh in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district, when the duo were trying to investigate illegal coal transportation.. The National Green Tribunal had banned rathole mining in the area but allowed .
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