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NGT had imposed a blanket ban on unscientific and unsafe mining of coal in Meghalaya in Photo PTI New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and Meghalaya government to 17 hours ago 32 Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday sought Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh s intervention in getting exemption from the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act and Coal
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Mining of coal by hand has been going on in Meghalaya for over 150 years mostly for local use Large scale illegal and indiscriminate mining of the coal by private landowners and the local Acid and Heavy Metal TolerantBacillussp from Rat Hole Mar 22 Coal is a major natural resource of Northeast nignia and the indigenous process of coal mining known as rat hole mining results in the pumped mine water
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Fire and disaster team pumping out water from a nearby old shaft located 500 meters from the main site of a rat hole coal mine that collapsed in Ksan in Meghalaya IndiaThe mining accident in Meghalaya where 15 coal diggers are missing since December 13 has brought to the fore how inextricably important coal is to the people and lawmakers of the state Exactly how central coal mining is in Meghalaya
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The National Green Tribunal on Friday imposed a Rs 100 crore fine on the Meghalaya government for failing to check illegal coal mining in the state PTI reported The order comes as operations to Mining of coal by hand has been going on in Meghalaya for over 150 years mostly for local use Large scale illegal and indiscriminate mining of the coal by private landowners and the local
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Madal Sumer from Jowai West Jaintia Hills who has been pursuing the coal mine case said he received information from reliable sources that the state government has decided to entrust CMPDI which is a subsidiary unit of Coal India Limited to regulate the coal mining in Meghalaya once the ban is liftedSHILLONG Meghalaya Power Minister James K Sangma today said the state government is hopeful to bring about a resolution to lift the ban on coal mining in the state to ensure that the two thermal
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In this photograph taken Jan 31 a miner carries a load of wet coal hundreds of feet up wooden slats that brace the sides of a deep coal mine shaft near Rimbay village in MeghalayaEven Chief Minister Conrad Sangma in his rallies in coal rich constituencies claimed that the people of Meghalaya largely depend on coal but the state government under Mukul Sangma s leadership failed to let mining resume
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The apex court had earlier expressed dissatisfaction over the steps taken by the Meghalaya government to rescue the miners trapped in the illegal coal mine and had said prompt immediate and 01 05 32 Meghalaya Told To Pay Rs 100 Crore Fine For Failing To Curb Coal Mining The order comes even as rescue workers fervently pump out water from a 370 feet illegal coal
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New Delhi The latest tragedy involving the rat hole mining incident in Meghalaya has once again brought to surface the dark side of the coal business that has been in existence in the sate for yearsCoal mining currently underway in Meghalaya was a corruption of this Constitutional Provision Private individuals with interests in earning monetary benefits from minerals vested under the land are engaging in coal mining
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01 13 32 The green tribunal had imposed a blanket ban on coal mining and transportation in Meghalaya in citing unscientific methods and absence of safety measur The three member NGT committee constituted in August last year is currently studying the environmental aspects of rat hole mining in the state 01 13 32 The green tribunal had imposed a blanket ban on coal mining and transportation in Meghalaya in citing unscientific methods and absence of safety measur The three member NGT committee constituted in August last year is currently studying the environmental aspects of rat hole mining in the state
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There are around 24 000 rate hole mines around Jaintia hills in Meghalaya which are all owned by private bodi The coal rich belt has huge forests and is surrounded by several rivers which flows down to the valley of Assam As coal waste flowed down all the rivers were polluted over the yearsThough the hugely lucrative coal mining industry has been banned since April the Government of Meghalaya has given 16 leases to mine limestone reserves in the state 68 percent of the limestone mined is used by cement industries and the remaining 32 percent by lime manufacturers
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The ban comes a week after a citizens forum in Meghalaya in which RTI activists Agnes Kharshiing was part of demanded the Supreme Court to issue a complete ban on coal mining/transportation in Trapped Meghalaya Miners Are the Latest Victims of Years of Labour Exploitation The incident vindicated the stand of activists that illegal coal mining occurs in the East Jaintia Hills
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NGT ban on illegal coal mining However in April the National Green Tribunal NGT clamped a ban on rat hole mining in Meghalaya in response to a petition filed by two Assam based organisation belonging to the Dimasa community 01 13 32 The green tribunal had imposed a blanket ban on coal mining and transportation in Meghalaya in citing unscientific methods and absence of safety measur The three member NGT committee constituted in August last year is currently studying the environmental aspects of rat hole mining in the state
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NGT ban on illegal coal mining However in April the National Green Tribunal NGT clamped a ban on rat hole mining in Meghalaya in response to a petition filed by two Assam based organisation belonging to the Dimasa communityMuch of Meghalaya s coal production was through the now banned method Rat hole mining involves digging pits ranging from 5 to 100 metres deep vertically into the ground mostly on a hill side like a narrow well to reach the coal seam
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Unlike other parts of the country land in Meghalaya is owned privately or by a community There seems to be no hope at the end of the tunnel for the 15 labourers trapped in a coal mine a fortnight ago as search operations have been suspended by the Meghalaya government for want of high poweredInterview Agnes Kharshiing the Woman Meghalaya s Coal Mafia Tried to Silence That village Ksan where the mine collapsed on more than 13 labourers is an example of how wrong things are
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