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April | 2010 | Meghalaya Mining

Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya has to stop: SC panel. Due to the provisions of the sixth schedule, the state's land laws vary from the rest of the country. By Padmaparna Ghosh. New Delhi: A Supreme Court committee on forests has asked for an end to unauthorized coal mining near protected areas in Meghalaya.

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NGT panel blames 'un-abetted illegal mining' for Meghalaya ...

The panel has recommended that the state government, Ministry of Environment and Forest and the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board initiate legal action against each of the cement factories and the thermal power plants who has used illegally mined local coal after a ban on the rat-hole coal mining since April 2014.

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Lokayukta to Meghalaya: Recommend CBI probe in illegal ...

The Lokayukta also said that there is a widespread demand in the entire state of Meghalaya to stop such illegal mining and transportation of coal. The anti-graft panel said that the state government has no doubt indicated the action already taken by it and their action plan, but it is quite doubtful if they would yield the desired result.

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Another mine collapse in Meghalaya, 2 die; fate of 15 ...

Shillong: Two coal miners were killed after another illegal coal mine collapsed in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills even as the fate of 15 miners, trapped inside a flooded coal pit for 25 days, remained uncertain, an official said on Sunday.

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Another year, another mining tragedy — why Meghalaya's ...

It is not known yet if the coal mine in question was abandoned or legal, and the owner hasn't been officially identified either. Apart from these, the accident has brought up some old questions that have surrounded coal mining in Meghalaya for years — questions that blew up two years ago with another tragedy in the East Jaintia Hills.

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Illegal Coal Mine In Meghalaya: Latest News, Photos ...

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…

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Syllad - Page 465 of 537 - The Rising Meghalaya

NGT panel to recommend feasible method of scientific coal mining in Meghalaya Syllad | The Rising Meghalaya Updated 1 year ago SHILLONG: The Independent Committee headed by Justice (Retd) BP Katakey will recommend a feasible method of scientific coal mining in Meghalaya in its ...

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Meghalaya Coal Mine: Latest News, Photos, Videos on ...

The water level inside a coal mine where five miners remain trapped in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district has risen by about 1 metre from the previously recorded depth due to heavy rainfall ...

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Centre panel to deal with Meghalaya ban on coal mining ...

Centre panel to deal with Meghalaya ban on coal mining Hindutva activists lay siege to police station after goes missing Centre encroaching on state subjects: Chandrababu Naidu

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Lokayukta directs Meghalaya govt to recommend CBI probe in ...

The Lokayukta also said that there is a widespread demand in the entire state of Meghalaya to stop such illegal mining and transportation of coal. The anti-graft panel said that the state government has no doubt indicated the action already taken by it and their action plan, but it is quite doubtful if they would yield the desired result.

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Meghalaya committed to scientific mining: Governor ...

Stop illegal mining or face contempt of court: NGT panel tells Meghalaya Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy on Friday said the government is committed to promoting scientific and secure coal mining in the state in line with direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

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Coal mining has turned Meghalaya's rivers acidic. Can ...

Coal mining has turned Meghalaya's rivers acidic. ... the retired judge heading the National Green Tribunal-appointed panel, which recommended the test. ... when coal mining was still legal …

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Meghalaya govt orders implementation of SC order banning ...

The ban comes a week after a citizens forum in Meghalaya, in which RTI activists Agnes Kharshiing was part of, cited that there has been an absolute loss in terms of revenue from the industry. The ban comes a week after a citizens forum in Meghalaya, in which RTI activists Agnes Kharshiing was part of, cited that there has been an absolute loss ...

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2 people killed in Meghalaya as another coal mine ...

Two coal miners were killed after another illegal coal mine collapsed in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills even as the fate of 15 miners, trapped inside a flooded coal pit, remained uncertain, an official said on Sunday. The fresh accident at Mooknor, Jalyiah village, about 5 km from the district headquarters in East Jaintia Hills, came to the ...

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Nine trapped Meghalaya miners' families agree to stop ...

Nine trapped Meghalaya miners' families agree to stop search operations. Shillong: Families of nine of the 16 miners trapped inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya since December, have given consent to the district adminitration to stop the ongoing search operations which entered its 130th day on Sunday, officials said.

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Transportation of coal banned in Meghalaya till February ...

PULLING UP the Meghalaya government for failing to curb illegal mining in the state, the Supreme Court on Tuesday banned transportation of extracted coal till it hears the matter next on February 19. In April 2014, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned illegal mining of coal in the state, specifically mentioning the rat-hole technique.

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Meghalaya Mining | Page 3

Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya has to stop: SC panel. Due to the provisions of the sixth schedule, the state's land laws vary from the rest of the country. By Padmaparna Ghosh. New Delhi: A Supreme Court committee on forests has asked for an end to unauthorized coal mining near protected areas in Meghalaya.

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Meghalaya mine tragedy: Despite large-scale exploitation ...

In Rajya Sabha unstarred question no 2,032 of 16 December, 2015, on illegal mining, the government makes mention of Mizoram, but not a word about Meghalaya, even though the state legislators testimony shows that they (ostensibly) stopped rat-hole mining from 2014. The quality of data provided by the government is now becoming quite suspect.

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'Firms gain from illegal coal mining in Meghalaya' - The Hindu

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 …

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Lokayukta directs Meghalaya govt to recommend CBI probe in ...

demand in the entire state of Meghalaya to stop such illegal. mining and transportation of coal. The anti-graft panel said that the state government.

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Tribal communities and coal in Northeast India: The ...

The coal boom in Meghalaya has seen annual production rise from 39,000 tonnes in 1979 to 5 million tonnes in 2014 (Government of Meghalaya, 2015 n.d). The majority is sub-bituminous with medium to high sulphur content. Download : Download high-res image (332KB) Download : Download full-size image; Map 3.0. Coal mining areas of Meghalaya.

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Rat-hole mining rampant in Meghalaya despite NGT ban ...

Rat-hole mining rampant in Meghalaya despite NGT ban. New Delhi: 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-powered pumps to flush out water from the pit. Four years after the National Green ...

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Rat-Hole Mining Rampant in Meghalaya Despite NGT Ban

Rat-Hole Mining Rampant in Meghalaya Despite NGT Ban. Rat-hole mining involves digging of narrow tunnels, usually 3-4 feet high, for workers to enter and extract coal.

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Stop illegal mining or face contempt of court: NGT panel ...

Shillong, Jan 11 (IANS) A three-member committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday asked the Meghalaya government to either stop illegal coal mining in …

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Coal mining has turned Meghalaya's rivers acidic. Can ...

In 2014, the National Green Tribunal had banned coal mining in Meghalaya. The ban was on the basis of a petition by a student outfit in neighbouring Assam, which claimed that acidic drainage from mining sites upstream in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills was poisoning their rivers. The ban, however, has been ineffectual, by all local accounts.

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NGT retains ban on mining in Meghalaya

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) refused to lift the interim ban on mining in Meghalaya in a hearing on March 25. On April 17 last year, it had issued an interim order to stop rat-hole coal mining across Meghalaya.It had also warned against illegal transportation of the mineral.

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Citizens' Report to SC Urges Halt on Coal Mining in Meghalaya

Based on many existing peer-reviewed research papers, news reports, publicly available government documents, audit reports and civil society experiences, the report demanded that coal mining in Meghalaya be stopped completely and other forms of energy and livelihood that are climate-friendly but need investment be given a push.

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VOLUME 16 NUMBER 2 CMI BRIEF

population. As noted by O.P. Singh, "coal mining in Meghalaya has benefited the people and the state and has been a means of wealth generation for some people of the coal mining area. However, it also (is) a bare fact that the benefit of coal mining is going to a small group of people, whereas a majority are excluded to share the benefit due to

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India's Treacherous Coal Mines in Meghalaya - Circle of Blue

The Meghalaya box mine is a fiercesome sight. At the surface, it appears as a nearly perfect square of dark, empty air measuring 10 by 10 meters (32 feet). The sides of the mine, cut from limestone and sandstone, typically plunge 60 to 70 meters (197 to 230 feet) straight down to the coal seams at the black bottom.

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Meghalaya govt encouraging illegal coal mining, says NGO ...

A Meghalaya-based rights group has accused the alliance government in the State of encouraging illegal coal mining in contempt of a Supreme Court order. ... on rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya ...

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