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The second part of the report, 'How and why unregulated illegal coal mining in Meghalaya continued even after the orders of National Green Tribunal Hon'ble Supreme Court of India?' was released by the activist group on Sunday and it was submitted to the Supreme Court seeking a stop to coal mining
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Shillong, Oct 6The Meghalaya cabinet on Friday gave nod to the much-awaited mining policy even as it ruled out doing away with the unscientific rat-hole mining in the state. "Meghalaya now has
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Apr 28, 2019When 15 miners were trapped in a flooded illegal rat-hole mine at Kasan, in the East Jaintia Hills, in December, it confirmed what the residents of Meghalaya always knew
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Coal mine accidents are common in the mountainous state because of unscientific mining commonly known as rat hole mining. Meghalaya has a coal reserve of 640 million tonnes. The coal is high in sulphur content and is mostly of sub bituminous type.
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Dec 29, 2018The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Order of April 17, 2014, which banned 'unscientific coal mining' in Meghalaya has often been cited to point out that the mine is technically illegal. However, another Order on October 7, 2014, by the NGT took notice of the impact that rat-hole mining
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Coal mine accidents are common in the mountainous state because of unscientific mining, commonly known as "rat hole mining". (IANS)
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The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) has also admitted that its 275MW hydel power project was hit by high acidic content in Kopli river, thanks to unscientific coal mining in Jaintia Hills. The coal found in Meghalaya is of tertiary nature (formed 65 million years ago) — with lower ash but high sulphur content.
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rampant, illegal, unscientific and life-threatening mining activity, particularly rat hole mining is going on in the State of Meghalaya for years. The NGT noticed the report of Commissioner appointed by it and opined that in spite of order dated 17.04.2014 fresh mining was
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Coal Mining in Meghalayaan environmental perspective The indiscriminate and unscientific mining, absence of post mining treatment and management of the mined areas are making the fragile
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Jan 13, 2015The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed an interim ban on coal mining in Meghalaya since April 17 last year and but has allowed transportation of the extracted and assessed coal from September 1, 2014.
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11 days agoMeghalaya committed to scientific coal mining Deputy CM outlookindia Shillong, Sep 9 The Meghalaya government is committed to promote scientific, environment friendly and safe coal mining in the state, Deputy Chief
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Nov 29, 2018India's National Green Tribunal in 2014 banned rat hole mining of coal and its transportation over concerns for the environment and labour conditions in the tribal-majority state of Meghalaya. Rat hole mining of coal is an unscientific practice to extract coal
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Dec 14, 2018The National Green Tribunal has banned unscientific and unsafe rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya in 2014.. Meghalaya coal mine accident. Miners trapped. Trapped in
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Get PriceWhile foreseeing the dangers that awaits if NGT is done away with, former Union Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh while referring to Meghalaya observed that unscientific coal mining is disastrous for
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Dec 13, 2018The National Green Tribunal has banned unscientific and unsafe rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya since 2014. A case has been registered against unknown people
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The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma, has called for regulation of mining in the state, admitting that illegal mining happens in the state. Meghalaya Police arrested the owner of the coal mine on 15 December 2018. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised the
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The green tribunal had imposed a blanket ban on coal mining and transportation in Meghalaya in 2014, citing unscientific methods and absence of safety measures. The three-member NGT committee, constituted in August last year, is currently studying the environmental aspects
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Disaster struck on December 13 last at a rat-hole coal mine in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, in which at least 13 miners got trapped due to a deluge of water rushing into the mine, following the
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Villagers hail order banning coal mining in Meghalaya. Villagers living downstream of Myntdu river along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya`s Jaintia Hills district have welcomed the National Green Tribunal order banning coal mining in the entire state.
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Jan 16, 2019Disaster struck on December 13 at a rat-hole coal mine in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, in which at least 13 miners got trapped due to a deluge of water rushing into the mine, following the break-down of the chamber due to unscientific illegal mining
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Land in Meghalaya, India, was traditionally agricultural/forest land, owned by the community. With increasing privatization and rising commercial value of land for non-agricultural use, many owners have sold the land for mining operations. So-called rat-hole coal mining has resulted in environmental degradation as well as in the loss of lives of miners, most of whom are from outside the state.
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Isolated from a Variety of Coal Mining Areas of Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India Nangkyntiewbor Jungai, Samrat Adhikari* Department of Biotechnology, St. Edmund's College, Shillong, India. unscientific coal mining methods have deleteriously affected the environment and also the microbial .
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Jan 15, 2019Coal mining currently underway in Meghalaya was a corruption of this Constitutional Provision wherein private individuals having private interests in earning monetary benefits from minerals vested under the land are engaging in coal mining. Lack of Monitoring Mining activities are spread across too vast an area spreading over four districts.
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11 days agoMeghalaya committed to scientific coal mining Deputy CM Shillong, Sep 9 The Meghalaya government is committed to promote scientific, environment friendly and safe coal mining in the state, Deputy
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The bench on Wednesday observed that the NGT's direction came as measures to to check and combat the unregulated coal mining in tribal areas of Meghalaya which has caused loss of lives and
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Coal Mining in Meghalayaan environmental perspective The indiscriminate and unscientific mining, absence of post mining treatment and management of the mined areas are making the fragile
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Oct 21, 2010JHADC, coal storage drainage slowly killing Mynkajai Written by the Editor Thursday, 28 October 2010 0504 Meghalaya Times Staff Reporter Jowai, Oct. 27 Jaintia Hills has been hitting the limelight often for the past few years for reasons mainly relating to the environment which has been degrading thanks to rampant unscientific mining and the setting
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Dec 13, 2018The National Green Tribunal has banned unscientific and unsafe rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya since 2014. A case has been registered
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