Meghalaya allows coal mining for domestic purpose, barred export Amidst two-week extension of the nationwide lockdown, the Meghalaya government has decided to allow mining activities to resume from May 4 for domestic purpose and barred the export outside the country, officials said on Saturday.
Read MoreJun 10, 2020· Coal India's existing underground mines employ 44% of its workforce but account for only 5% of the output. It has 166 such mines out of a total of 360. Company executives say most of these mines came to the company after nationalisation. They produce better quality coal but costs are higher.
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Read MoreNew Delhi: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma Wednesday said the cash-rich illegal coal mining business in the state was a challenge as the government had to balance between ecology, economy and the overall safety.Speaking on the completion of one year of his coalition government, that includes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the North-Eastern state, Sangma said they were working ...
Read MoreJan 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 …
Read MoreJan 17, 2020· Conrad Sangma discusses restarting coal mining in Meghalaya with Piyush Goyal 12 May, 2018, 01:27PM IST The chief minister said, "All cooperation and support has been extended by the Centre to resolve the ban on coal mining in Meghalaya.
Read MoreAug 15, 2019· The Navy today stopped efforts to pull out the decomposed body of a miner that it spotted four days ago inside a coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, officials said.
Read MoreDec 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 …
Read MoreDec 18, 2018· Meghalaya Coal Mine Tragedy : Rescue operation underway for more news login to https://shillongtoday.com.
Read MoreMeghalaya has nearly 640 million tonnes of coal reserves. Mining of coal by hand has been going on in Meghalaya for over 150 years, mostly for local use. Large-scale illegal and indiscriminate ...
Read MoreOn December 13, an illegal coal mine in Saipung area of Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district collapsed and got flooded from the adjacent Lytein river which trapped at least 15 …
Read MoreAccording the Jaintia Coal Mines Owners and Dealers' Association, there are about 60,000 mines spread across 360 villages in EJH. Most of these are abandoned, but left uncovered.
Read MoreMay 20, 2020· Guwahati, Assam: On 30 April, 25 labourers reached Nagaon at 3 am. For two days, they had walked a little less than 134 kilometers from 3 Kilo, a coal mining town in Assam's Dima Hasao district bordering the East Jaintia hills in Meghalaya. Located near the Kupli Dam, 3 Kilo is the popular loading point near the Assam-Meghalaya border where trucks are loaded with coal mined from the …
Read MoreJul 12, 2019· In Repeat of Meghalaya Tragedy, 4 Assam Miners Die in Nagaland Coal Mine After Mudslides. The mine was recently shut down following a state government order banning illegal coal mining and a provisional ban on licensed mining activity, police …
Read MoreNEW 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 ...
Read MoreAs the fate of 15 miners trapped inside a flooded coal pit remained uncertain, two coal miners were killed after another coal mine collapsed in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, an official said on ...
Read More17 still trapped in Meghalaya coal mine, says survivor Sayeb Ali, the 21-year-old survivor, had joined the ill-fated Meghalaya mine only 12 days before the tragedy.
Read MoreMay 02, 2020· Meghalaya allows coal mining for domestic purpose, barred export Amidst two-week extension of the nationwide lockdown, the Meghalaya government has decided to allow mining activities to resume from May 4 for domestic purpose and barred the export outside the …
Read MoreJan 12, 2019· As efforts are under way to reach 15 miners trapped in an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya since December 13, the tragedy puts the spotlight on the dark underbelly of coal mining in the State ...
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Read MoreOMMCOM NEWS January 27, 2019 Navy Detects Another Body In Rat-Hole Coal Mine Indian Naval divers on Saturday detected another body inside a 370 feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya…
Read MoreToday in New Delhi, India. Jul 19, 2020-Sunday-°C ... The Odisha fire services team reached the accident spot around 1 pm today to rescue 15 miners trapped inside Meghalaya's coal mine.
Read MoreJul 20, 2019· After Meghalaya Mine Tragedy, 2 Killed as Illegal Jharkhand Mine Caves in; Data Show Fatalities Are on The Rise. Data from the Ministry of Labour and Employment and news reports shows that at least 1,666 coal mine accidents happened between 2013 and 2016. Among these, as many as 261 were fatal accidents, causing at least 297 deaths.
Read MoreDec 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.
Read MoreMore than a year after the flooding of an illegal coal mine killed 15 miners in Meghalaya, the collective failure of all disaster management agencies in India has been almost forgotten. On December 13, 2018, 20 miners were trapped in a mine in Ksan, in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya…
Read MoreFour miners die of suffocation in Megahalaya coal mine. Four miners have died of suffocation inside hazardous rat-hole coal pits in a remote mining area near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya's South West Khasi Hills district and another was crushed in a quarry, officials said on Saturday. Oct 12, 2013, 13:35 PM IST
Read MoreToday in New Delhi, India. Aug 09, 2020-Sunday ... SC bans coal transportation in Meghalaya after Jan 31 ... The court was referring to the miners trapped in a coal mine for over a month in the ...
Read MoreDec 26, 2018· Attempts to rescue at least 15 miners trapped since December 13 in a flooded "rat-hole" mine in Meghalaya have been stopped because of the …
Read MoreJul 28, 2020· New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal Tuesday said it cannot approve the recommendation of a committee that Meghalaya coal owners, who are yet to be identified by draw of lots, may transport the coal, saying it was against the verdict of the Supreme Court. The committee headed by former Gauhati high court judge, Justice B D Agarwal, recommended that the Mining and …
Read MoreCoal mining was a key poll issue for the opposition which used it to turn the table on Congress. The BJP, which is also a coalition partner of the Meghalaya Government led by Conrad Sangma, also promised it would solve the problem of illegal mining within 180 days. According to the report submitted to the Supreme Court, though the Meghalaya CM ...
Read MoreJan 07, 2019· On Friday, the Green Court imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore on the Meghalaya government for its failure to curb illegal mining in the state. The Supreme Court also expressed dissatisfaction over the outcome of the rescue operations at Ksan coal mine…
Read MoreJan 17, 2019· Latest News Today: Indian Navy has recovered a body from the illegal coal mine at East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, at a depth of more than 200 feet. …
Read MoreJan 21, 2019· The Centre on Monday dismissed a charge made in the Supreme Court that it has "abandoned" operations to rescue trapped miners in a flooded Meghalaya rat-hole mine even as the State government ...
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