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Staff Correspondent. SHILLONG: The Ministry of Coal has started the process of auction of 27 coal mines and allotment of 15 coal mines in Meghalaya to Central PSUs and State PSUs. The government is auctioning 21 coal mines for ''EndUse NonRegulated Sector'' and 6 coking coal mines for ''End Use Iron Steel''. In case of allotment, 5 coal mines are for the power sector, 9 for sale of ...
With a large number of deaths of coal mine labour, increasing public health crisis, destruction of the ecosystem and everyday criminality in the coal mining area, it is high time that we as a society take a strong position visàvis unregulated coal mining in Meghalaya.
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.
Jul 04, 2019· Illegal Coal Mining in Meghalaya: SC directs State Govt to deposit fine. July 4, 2019 No comments. Supreme Court of India has directed Meghalaya state government to deposit crore fine imposed on it by National Green Tribunal (NGT) for failing to curb illegal coal mining with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
May 17, 2015· The truth about Coal mining in Meghalaya Sixth Schedule: Paragraph 9 of the Sixth Schedule explicitly mentions the need for Lease, Licences or Leases for the purpose of prospecting for, or extraction of, minerals. Land Tenure System of the state: The land ownership pattern is only for surface rights and not mineral. Exempted from ...
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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. The ...
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
East Jaintia Hills/Shillong, Meghalaya: It''s an open the imposition of a blanket ban on unscientific methods of coal mining in Meghalaya in 2014, illegal rathole mining continues to take place in the state and right under the nose of the government machinery, putting lives at risk every day.
Dec 20, 2018· Caught Between Coal Mafia and Flooding Dangers, Meghalaya Mine Was Disaster From Day One The coal mine in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills, where 14 workers are trapped since a week, has put the spotlight on rampant illegal coal mining in the state, despite a ban by National Green Tribunal in 2014.
In the northeastern state of Meghalaya, where illegal coal mining has been on the rise, many have lost their lives in the lifegambling occupation. The state which is famous for rathole mining (a term used in coal mining because of mine''s hole like size) has numerous unregulated and unmonitored coal mines.
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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 .
Four miners die of suffocation in Megalaya coal mine. Four miners have died of suffocation inside hazardous rathole coal pits in a remote mining area near the IndoBangladesh border in Meghalaya''s South West Khasi Hills district and another was crushed in a quarry, officials said on Saturday. Oct 12, 2013, 13:35 PM IST
A senior advocate of the Supreme Court named Colin Gonsalves on Friday argued before the apex court that all illegally mined coal in Meghalaya should be handed over to Coal India Limited at its depot in Guwati.. During a hearing on a petition to lift the ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, Gonsalves referred to the Kropha Committee report on the availability of coal in the state after the coal ...
May 15, 2014· Coal Mining Claims Another Region. Like the incredible ecological ruin that is occurring in many of the world''s other fossil energy development regions — West ia''s mountaintop removal strip mines, the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, and Nigeria''s polluted coastal oil drilling region — coal mines are laying waste to Meghalaya.
May 06, 2013· Coal mining has a long history in the state of Meghalaya; the first coalmines were opened over 30 years ago. Today, Meghalaya is one of the largest coal producing states in India, and the largest in the northeast region. According to the Department of mining Geology of the Govt. of Meghalaya, there.
Coal extraction in Meghalaya is done by primitive mining method commonly known as ''rathole'' mining. Mining operation, undoubtedly has brought wealth and employment opportunity in the area, but ...
Jan 10, 2019· The coal mine in Meghalaya got flooded around am on December 13, just a few hours after 22 miners went down below to 380 feet to extract more coal. While five miners had a miraculous escape and survived, the rescuers have failed to trace Rman''s 19yearoldson Monirul Islam and the rest of the miners who got trapped by the sudden ...
For example, Nagaland has its own coal policy which allows its natives to mine coal from their respective lands. Similarly, coal mining in Meghalaya was rampant till imposition of ban on coal mining by National Green Tribunal. The Nagaland Coal and Meghalaya Coal has large buyers in North India, Central India and Eastern India.
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. The table below gives information about various mineral resources of the State.
Jul 16, 2019· Shillong: The Supreme Court judgment on July 3, 2019, by Justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph, on Meghalaya rathole coal mining is an unparalleled indictment of the claim of the tribes of Meghalaya as represented by the Autonomous District Councils (ADC) that they have unrestrained rights to exploit their lands, including for mining coal.
Jan 26, 2013· The rathole mines of Meghalaya is a barbaric practice which has taken the lives of both the young and the old and in the process polluted rivers, streams and water source of .
Meghalaya govt sought a way around NGT ban on coal mining At the time the NGT ban came into force, it is estimated that nearly six million tonnes of coal were being extracted annually from Meghalaya''s illegal mines.
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