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Dec 26, 2018· Fifteen miners are trapped in an illegal "rat-hole" 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.

Dec 31, 2018· Guwahati: 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 2014 which is said to have contributed to the Congress defeat in the recent assembly election.

Jun 26, 2020· The letter said that despite the directions of the National Green Tribunal and the Supreme Court preventing "rat hole" mining and transportation and export of coal from Meghalaya, the same continues unabated and in the process, the state is losing crores of rupees every day besides causing degradation of environment immensely.

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, glass-sand and uranium.

Jan 10, 2020· Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya has come as a boon to cement factories and captive power plants as they allegedly did not have to pay royalty, taxes and other statutory levies, a .

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 ...

Apr 26, 2019· Shillong: A National Green Tribunal-appointed 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.

Jan 19, 2019· Unregulated coal mining in Meghalaya has destroyed the structure of tribal community land holding, resulting in large-scale land alienation and displacement of tribal poor. The Socio-Economic 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 ...

Meghalaya mine mishap: Water being pumped out, Navy divers get to work. As many as 15 workers were trapped in a 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in Ksan area of Lumthari village in the state. Jan 07, 2019, 23:31 PM IST

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 community-owned land, subject to permissions from authorities concerned.

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 coal-mining issue.

Jul 16, 2019· Shillong: The Supreme Court judgment on July 3, 2019, by Justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph, on Meghalaya rat-hole 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.

Dec 27, 2018· A total of 15 miners are trapped in a 370-foot-deep illegal mine in the Ksan area of Lumthari village in Meghalaya since December 13. The NDRF had deployed a .

Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya has dispossessed 76 percent of the local tribal population of their land, resulting in large-scale 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.

Noting that such activity has created an "alarming situation" in Meghalaya, the bench chaired by Justice P Jyothimani on April 17 this year directed the chief secretary of Meghalaya and the state director general of police to ensure that rat-hole mining/illegal mining and illegal transport of the illegally mined coal is stopped forthwith ...

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 .

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 coal-mining issue.

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 .

Some of the appellants had questioned the NGT order of April 17, 2014, banning mining activities. "We thus clarify that in the event mining operations are undertaken by the tribals or other owners of hills districts of Meghalaya in accordance with mining lease obtained from the State of Meghalaya as per 1957 Act and Mineral Concessions Rule, 1960, the ban order dated 17.04.2014 of the ...

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 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 ...

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 work.It

Dec 24, 2019· Given that the coal-mining land was under private and community ownership, India's national overseer, Coal India, never regulated mining in Meghalaya .

GUWAHATI: 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.
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