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15 Meghalaya miners struggling for air, PM posing for cameras: Rahul Gandhi slams govt. Gandhi took a dig at PM Modi for not offering the necessary help to rescue the miners trapped in a 370-foot ...
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On April 17, 2014, the National Green Tribunal imposed a blanket ban on unscientific methods of coal mining, particularly rat-hole mining, in Meghalaya. Rat-hole mining is a form of mining unique to Meghalaya owing to the thin layers of coal prevalent in the state and is considered to be a cheaper alternative to large-scale operations.
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has been lobbying New Delhi to lift a ban on dangerous, small-scale coal mining operations in his state, without disclosing that his wife owns several mines ...
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Meghalaya: Coal mine roof collapses killing one, another severely injured. One coal mine worker died and another critically injured after the roof of a coal mine in West Khasi Hills District collapsed on Thursday. advertisement. Representative Image. Kenny Jyrwa. Aug 19, 2022,
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Pak-sponsored terror, Kerala floods kept Home Ministry busy in 2018 Illegal coal mines in Meghalaya: How miners are exploited, lives threatened The most recent incident vindicates 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 Topics
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After over 15 days since the Meghalaya mine mishap has been reported in East Jaintia hills, the rescue team spotted two dead bodies. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma stated that the state government is currently awaiting an official report on the detection of bodies of two miners-- who were trapped along with three others inside an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district.
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July | 2010 | Meghalaya Mining. Jul 5, 2010 ... The kiln plants in Bangladesh prefer Meghalaya coal, which has low ash ... can be used to limit the impact on the areas surrounding mining sites. .... to reclaim the top soil so that people can reuse the land for agricultural...
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January 26, 2019 by qayam Shillong: Navy divers today recovered a second body today from the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya where over 13 divers remain trapped since December 13 last year. The development comes after the divers from Indian Navy had retrieved the dead body of a miner on Friday, officials said.
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On Tuesday, the rescuers failed in their effort to reach the 13 miners due to heavy rains. As per details available, the illegal coal mine located at Ksan in Saipung area of the district is full of water. The mine had collapsed last Thursday and water from the adjacent Lytein river came gushing in, trapping the unsuspecting miners.
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AA Representative Image SHILLONG: A miner was killed and another was seriously injured in an accident inside a coal mine in Meghalaya 's West Khasi Hills district, a police official said on Friday. The accident occurred on Thursday in remote Urak village under Shallang police station.
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There are 17 people trapped inside the coal mine, claims a survivor of the December 13 accident in the East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, even as the rescue teams continued their efforts....
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In 2014, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned rat-hole coal mining. (Source: Meghalaya Police) A day after a coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district collapsed and got flooded, 13 trapped workers were yet to be traced even as disaster relief force personnel continued their operations, police said on Friday.
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Jan 22, 2021Six workers in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district were killed in a crane accident while working at an abandoned coal mine site on Thursday, 21 January.
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The objective of this study was to assess the impact of coal mine drainage on streams of Jaintia hills, Meghalaya, India. The water quality status and microbial distribution and diversity of...
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Four labourers from Assam and one from Tripura were feared trapped after a dynamite blast led to the flooding of a coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. The mine has been identified at Sutnga interior, under Umpleng Anti-Dacoity camp and search operations are on," Meghalaya Police said..
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Efforts to find the miners trapped in a Meghalaya mine Since December 13, 2018 made little progress, as the process of cleaning the 10 shafts got completed on Sunday. Dewatering on the incident site by CIL pump and its adjoining areas continued for 16 hours before being concluded at 5 pm on Sunday.
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More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an ...
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MEGHALAYA COAL MINE. Meghalaya coal mine: Water level recedes by 22 feet, Navy divers search for missing miners. The water level in the flooded 152-metre-deep coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, where five people have been trapped since May 30, receded by 22 feet on Friday, an official said.
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Deadly coal mine accident in Meghalaya. GeoPioneer Staff. August 18, 2022 . 7:20 PM.
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It may be mentioned here that a total of 13 labourers got trapped inside a coal mine near Ksan area of East Jaintia Hills.While a few of the labourers are from Shillong, majority of the 13 were either from Meghalaya's Garo Hills and Assam.. Although the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned the coal mining in April, 2014 due to environmental ground, rat hole mining are being done ...
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Aug 17, 2021But the nationalized coal mining industry of India operates in Meghalaya through Coal India Limited (CIL). CIL is a state-owned mining conglomerate that was established in 1975 with the intent of combatting market fluctuations in the mineral sector. However, the nature of its operations since the 1990s has been unclear.
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Rat-hole mines: Negating human lives and ecology. by Sahana Ghosh on 8 January 2019. In India's latest mining disaster, at least 15 workers are feared dead in Meghalaya's notorious rat-hole mines. The sub-surface and unscientific form of mining was banned by the National Green Tribunal in 2014 but it continues despite the prohibition.
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The north-eastern states of India, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland are endowed with substantial deposits of coal. The estimated coal deposits of 560 million tonnes in Meghalaya ...
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Guwahati: The collapse of a coal mine, trapping 14 workers in Ksan — some 130 km away from Meghalaya's capital city of Shillong — and the attack on RTI activist Agnes Kharshiing allegedly by coal mafia, have put the spotlight on the rampant illegal coal mining in the state, despite a ban by National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014. Kharshiing, who is yet to recover from her injuries ...
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August 21, 2022. SHILLONG, 20 Aug: One person has died and another has been severely injured after getting trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district, a senior police official has said. It is not clear how the two miners, who reportedly entered the mine in Goreng village on Thursday night, were trapped inside, SP ...
Get priceThe Meghalaya government has sought help from the Indian Navy as the rescue operation inside an illegal coal mine where five miners remain trapped for the past 12 days in Meghalaya's East Jaintia ...
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By Lauren Giella On 6/3/21 at 12:31 PM EDT. News Coal Miners. Search and rescue efforts continue for a group of miners trapped for five days in a coal mine in the Indian state of Meghalaya ...
Get priceIn a tragic incident, at least six people were killed when a mine Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district collapsed on Friday. According to the Deputy Commissioner E Kharmalki, the incident took ...
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A total of 15 miners were trapped on December 13 last year in an illegal coal mine at Ksan in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, about 3.7 km deep inside a forest, when water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it. Only two bodies have been recovered from the mine so far.
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May 31, 2021Illegal coal mining inseparable part of Meghalaya politics Political analysts said that the Congress suffered the ire of mine owners and workers following the NGT ban, although the government run by the party had appealed to the tribunal to withdraw its order. 31 Dec, 2018, 08.01 AM IST
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Shillong, Aug 19 (PTI) One person died and another suffered severe injuries after they got trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya"s West Khasi Hills district, a senior police official said ...
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December 27, 2018 Guwahati, Dec 27: Coal India Limited (CIL) on Thursday said it is preparing to launch a rescue operation at the coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills to rescue the 15 trapped miners. The miners have been trapped in the mine since December 13 after it got flooded.
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identification and characterization of endogenous and stress adapted bacterial species, from rat-hole coal mines in meghalaya, amplify the ambit of bioremediation for eco-restoration. 52 native bacterial isolates, drawn from soil and water samples of these mines, were analysed for bioremediation potential, based on growth and metal tolerance .
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Shillong, Jun 1: Rescue operations were underway on Tuesday to trace at least five migrant workers from Assam and Tripura who were trapped inside a rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district, officials said. The incident took place in Umpleng area on Sunday when water gushed in and inundated the mine after a dynamite explosion.
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Shillong, Aug 19 (PTI) One person died and another suffered severe injuries after they got trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district, a senior police official said on Friday.
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Jun 25, 2021Total 45,000 tonnes of illegally mined coal was seized in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district after the high court pulled up the state government for its failure to check illegal mining,...
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At least 15 miners were trapped in a coal mine in the Ksan area of East Jaintia Hills on 13 December 2018. While five of them managed to escape, rescue efforts for the remaining 10 had continued ...
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Jun 15, 2021Meghalaya reported its latest accident in a rat-hole mine two weeks ago. On 31 May, five miners reportedly from Assam and Tripura trapped in a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills District after a dynamite blast led to flooding of water from a nearby water source. The rescue operation to find the miners is still going on.
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Coal mining generates millions of dollars a year in Meghalaya and contributes up to 10 percent of the state's gross domestic product. Yet, there is no investment in the industry or in the workers,...
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