24-12-2019 · Coal miners in the mineral-rich northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya have something to celebrate. Over the summer, the Supreme Court of India passed an order to reopen mining in their state.

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 lack of equipment, mainly pumps to drain out water. The ...

The conditions of workers in the rat hole mines are nothing less than a form of modern slavery.

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, remained uncertain, an official said on Sunday.. The fresh accident at .

The Meghalaya State Co-ordination Committee of Coal Owners, Miners, Exporters, Transporters and Dealers Forum on behalf of the Joint Action Committee of Nongalbibra, South Garo Hills, had recently filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in Supreme Court.. They filed the petition urging the apex court to intervene and pass necessary direction to the Meghalaya .

7-1-2019 · East Jaintia Hills/Shillong, Meghalaya: It's an open secret.Despite the imposition of a blanket ban on unscientific methods of coal mining in Meghalaya in 2014, illegal rat-hole mining continues to take place in the state and right under the nose of the government machinery, putting lives at .

Rescue operations for the 15 miners trapped in a flooded illegal coal mine in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district for the past 24 days hit a roadblock on Sunday as two high-powered pumps ...

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 ...

The Meghalaya government "wilfully" and "actively colluded in helping coal miners" to illegally extract coal and transport it, in "blatant violation of both the National Green Tribunal and Supreme Court orders", says a Citizens' Report, prepared by a group of 22 activists, that was submitted to .

Shillong: The Supreme Court judgment on July 3, 2019, by Justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph, on Meghalaya rat-hole coal mining is an unparalleled indictment of the claim of the tribes of Meghalaya - as represented by the Autonomous District Councils (ADC) - that they have unrestrained rights to exploit their lands, including for mining coal.

13-5-2020 · Coal miners and traders in Meghalaya have threatened mass defiance of the COVID-19 lockdown over what is being seen as the State government's move to "carry coal to Newcastle."

Coal Miners Of Meghalaya, India - Spoon Feeding. Source: Based in New Delhi for Getty Images, photographer Daniel Berehulak writes for LightBox about his photo essay documenting the working life of coal miners in ... Chat Online

13 Miners Trapped in Meghalaya Coal Pit, Rescue Operation Underway Officials had already said their chances of survival were bleak. Extraction of coal near the Umso waterfall in East Jaintia Hills.

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.

20-7-2019 · Second Heavily Decomposed Body Brought Out of Meghalaya's Rat-hole Mine. Fifteen miners were trapped deep inside the coal pit after water from the nearby Lytein river had gushed into the mine at Lumthari village in the Ksan area of East Jaintia Hills district on December 13 last year.

Meghalaya coal miners: 3 helmets found, authorities still, Dec 29, 2018· 16 days on but there is still no sign of coal miners trapped in a flooded mine in East Jaintia Hills District in Meghalaya High power pumps are now being operated to pump the water out from the mine Indian Air Force and Indian Navy have extended help as well

Search operations resumed to trace trapped coal miners in Meghalaya Search operations launched to trace at least 14 labourers, trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, were resumed after it stopped due to strong winds and heavy rains

Indian Navy divers airlifted from Vishakhapatnam to join operations to rescue miners trapped in Meghalaya coal mine, news agency PTI. Dec 28, 2018 13:19 (IST)

24-12-2019 · Coal miners in the mineral-rich northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya have something to celebrate. Over the summer, the Supreme Court of India passed an order to reopen mining in their state.

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 lack of equipment, mainly pumps to drain out water. The ...