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  • Coal Mining in Meghalaya -an environmental

    2006.11.1  The estimated coal deposits of 560 million tonnes in Meghalaya are found along the southern fringe of the Shillong plateau

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  • Meghalaya coal mines - Global Energy Monitor

    2024.4.19  The Meghalaya "rat-hole" coal mines are a 5 million ton-per-annum (MTPA) network of previously unregulated hand-mined box mines in the Jaintia Hills in

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  • Homepage: Department of Mining and Geology

    2023.10.27  Permission to Transport auctioned coal; Revised SOP for Checking Illegal Mining and Illegal Transportation of Coal in the State (2.11 mb) Coordinates of Coal

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  • Unbridled illegal coal mining in Meghalaya despite court ban

    2024.1.3  Coal Mining. Land Conflict Summary. Despite a ban on rat-hole mining of coal in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, illegal coal continues to

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  • Mining in India's Northeast - Challenges and

    2016.2.6  Though the hugely lucrative coal mining industry has been banned since April 2014, the Government of Meghalaya has given 16 leases to mine limestone reserves in the state. 68 percent of the limestone

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  • Meghalaya One Step Away From Scientific Coal Mining:

    2023.1.17  Meghalaya is one step away from carrying out scientific mining after the Ministry of Coal approved the geological reports sent by four miners from the state, Chief

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  • Meghalaya Coal Mine - NDTV

    2023.7.6  Meghalaya is one step away from carrying out scientific mining after the Ministry of Coal approved the geological reports sent by four miners from the state, Chief

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  • An Exploratory Study of Health and Livelihood Conditions of Coal ...

    2020.4.3  In Meghalaya, digging of coal is done manually by a method known as rat hole mining. To extract coal, labourers use a simple pick axe, shovels and wheel barrows

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  • Meghalaya Coal Miners Rescue Operation Live

    2018.12.28  A group of Indian Navy divers are being flown from Visakhapatnam to join the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13, official...

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  • Mining in India's Northeast - Challenges and

    2016.2.6  Mining Profile of Meghalaya. Meghalaya is a small hill state in northeast India and shares an international border with Bangladesh in the south. Its capital is Shillong, once called the “Scotland of the East” by

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  • Unbridled illegal coal mining in Meghalaya despite court ban

    2024.1.3  Despite a ban on rat-hole mining of coal in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, illegal coal continues to be extracted and moved across borders of Meghalaya. Illegal coal mining has not only been a nemesis to the environment but also a threat to human lives. LCW analysis of news reports shows that nearly 60

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  • OM on coal mining procedure in Meghalaya

    2020.6.11  The following procedure has been laid down for obtaining Prospecting License or Mining Lease for coal mining in respect of lands in which the minerals vest in a person other than the Government in accordance with the provisions of Chapter V of Mineral Concession Rules, 1960. This memorandum is for general information and is not

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  • Meghalaya Coal Miners Rescue Operation Live Updates: IAF, Coal

    2018.12.28  The National Green Tribunal has banned unsafe coal mining in Meghalaya since 2014 based on a petition by an NGO, which had alleged that a river in Assam had become acidic due to unregulated mining ...

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  • Meghalaya: Ex MLA files FIR over rampant coal mining in

    2023.12.7  The FIR was lodged on Wednesday with the designated officer at the Nongalbibra police station. by Bahae Dey December 7, 2023. Representational Image. Tura: The persistent issue of illegal coal mining in South Garo Hills has resurfaced, gaining attention through a recent FIR filed by former Rongara-Siju MLA Rophul S Marak.

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  • Coal Mining In Meghalaya News - Times of India

    2023.4.14  Check out for the latest news on coal mining in meghalaya along with coal mining in meghalaya live news at Times of India

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  • Meghalaya allows coal mining for domestic purpose, barred export

    2020.5.2  The NGT had banned unscientific and ecologically unsafe rat-hole mining of coal in Meghalaya though it intermittently allowed transportation of already mined coal from time to time. Rat-hole mining involves digging of narrow tunnels, usually 3-4 feet high, for workers to enter and extract coal.The horizontal tunnels are often termed "rat-holes ...

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  • Mishap at Meghalaya coal mine leaves one dead, another hurt

    2022.8.19  An accident at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya killed one person and left another battling for his life. Police said the incident happened in the Shallang area of West Khasi Hills district on ...

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  • Coal mining in Meghalaya - Optimize IAS

    2023.7.16  Coal mining in Meghalaya: Though the coal mines all over the county were nationalised by an Act passed by the Parliament, that is, Coal Mines Nationalization Act, 1973, and subsequently brought under the Coal India Limited in November, 1975 , the coal mines in Meghalaya remained outside the provisions of the said Act due to Sixth

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  • Court Rejects Meghalaya's "Grandiose" Plan To Tackle Illegal Coal Mining

    2023.3.15  The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday ordered the state government to modify its "rather grandiose plan" to deploy 21,600 CRPF personnel to check illegal coal mining in 12 districts.

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  • Minerals of Meghalaya: Department of Mining and Geology

    2022.4.26  The State of Meghalaya is endowed with large deposits of a number of valuable minerals such as coal, limestone, kaolin, clay, granite, glass-sand and uranium. The table below gives information about various mineral resources of the State. Cherrapunjee, Mawlong, Ishamati, Shella, Komorrah, Borsora, Bagli in Khasi Hills

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  • An Economic Perspective on Coal Mining in Meghalaya

    2014.8.20  Unlike elsewhere in the country, coal mining in Meghalaya is a private owned economic activity generating negative externalities for which the perpetrators -coal miners- are not being made to pay or compensate for these costs. This results in coal being produced at an output level much higher than what would have been if the coal miners

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  • Meghalaya Coal Mine - NDTV

    2023.7.6  The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday ordered the state government to modify its "rather grandiose plan" to deploy 21,600 CRPF personnel to check illegal coal mining in 12 districts.

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  • Meghalaya Coal Mining: SC Order A Setback for ADCs and

    2019.7.16  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.

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  • Illegal coal mining continues, WKH river in danger

    2024.1.23  Illegal coal mining is continuing in the state with no respite despite the proactiveness shown by the Meghalaya High Court to stop it. Residents of West Khasi Hills district have reported unabated illegal rat hole mining in about five coal mining rich areas of West Khasi Hills district. The villagers on condition of anonymity said that illegal ...

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  • Mining affected areas and its impact on livelihoods: Meghalaya

    2021.4.26  The mining of minerals in Meghalaya has provided employment opportunity and newer livelihood options to the local people. To some extent, it has also contributed to the industrial and economic development of the state. However, mining, particularly mining of coal and limestone has severely affected the land and soil, water,

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  • Armed Cops Must Be Deployed To Stop Illegal Mining In Meghalaya

    2023.2.8  The Meghalaya High Court said that large-scale unscientific mining of coal in the state may lead to disastrous consequences. India News Press Trust of India Updated: February 08, 2023 1:05 pm IST

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  • STATUS OF WATER QUALITY IN COAL MINING AREAS OF MEGHALAYA

    The coal is one of the extensively utilized minerals in Meghalaya. Though coal deposit in the state is found all along the southern fringe of Shillong plateau, Jaintial Hills District is a major producer of coal. Coal extraction is done by primitive mining method commonly known as ‘rat-hole’ mining. Most of the mining activities are small scale ventures controlled by

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  • Neither law nor accident stops coal mining in Meghalaya

    December 19, 2019. More 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. Five managed to escape.

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  • Four Meghalaya Coal Mining Applications Cleared

    Shillong, Feb 12 (KNN) The Mining and Geology department has announced that the Ministry of Coal has given the green light to the geological reports of four out of 17 applicants vying for prospective licenses for coal mining in Meghalaya. This update came to light during proceedings before the Single Member Committee appointed by the

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  • Impact of Coal Mining on Water Resources and

    2012.1.1  Extraction of coal in Meghalaya is mainly done by primitive mining method commonly known as ‘rat-hole’ mi ning. In this method the land is, first cleared by cutting and removing the ground ...

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  • Meghalaya: Migrant Worker From Assam Dies In Coal Mine

    15 Jun 2023, 4:07 pm. A migrant worker from Assam died while working at a coal mine in neighbouring state Meghalaya, reports emerged on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Aamil Uddin, a resident of Karimganj in Assam. The incident reportedly took place on Wednesday in which he was killed. The details on the matter are still unclear as to ...

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  • Neutralization of Acid Mine Drainage Contaminated Water

    2019.3.7  The unscientific mining of coal without environmental safeguards in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya has adversely affected the water resources of the area, leading to streams with a pH of 3–5. The acidic stream water is not suitable for human use and lacks aquatic life. The prevailing situation demanded immediate neutralization and eco-restoration.

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  • Social activists urge Supreme Court to ban coal mining in Meghalaya ...

    The 379-page report, entitled ‘Curse of unregulated coal mining in Meghalaya Volume 2’, was released on Sunday by Angela Rangad, Agnes Kharshiing, Michael Syiem and Amita Sangma, among others.

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  • Meghalaya's 'rat-hole' of illegal coal mining, a timeline!

    2022.12.22  In 2021, after seven years of ban, the Union Coal Ministry granted mining leases for three coal blocks in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills. Recently in 2022, Meghalaya’s district magistrate ordered a fresh ban on rat-hole coal mining. In addition to other pertinent laws, the DM's notification stated that violating the order would result in ...

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  • Threat To Life Arising Out Of Coal Mining In South Garo

    2019.1.4  Appropriate technology to replace rat hole mining. 5. Resource (coal) audit of Meghalaya Power Limited and Star Cement Limited to ascertain the legitimate procurement of coal and its source. 6. The Committee may take services of NEERI Nagpur, Indian School of Mine, Dhanbad, FRI Dehradun, CPCB apart from any other agency for

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  • Impact of coal mining on vegetation of nokrek biosphere reserve, Meghalaya

    Dynamics of Coal Mining Caused Environmental Crisis versus Displaced Peoples’ Question of Survival: A Case of Talcher Coal Belt Odisha (India) It is an unquestionable fact that coal mining not only undermines its affected people and environment, but also adversely affects their interrelationship over the years.

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  • Characterization and bioremediation potential of native

    Identification and characterization of endogenous and stress adapted bacterial species, from rat-hole coal mines in Meghalaya, amplify the ambit of bioremediation for eco-restoration. 52 native bacterial isolates, drawn from soil and water samples of these mines, were analysed for bioremediation potential, based on growth and metal tolerance parameters. 12 of

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  • An Exploratory Study of Health and Livelihood Conditions of Coal ...

    2020.4.3  Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya is endowed with rich reserves of mineral resources. The process of coal extraction in artisanal and small-scale mining of the region is primitive, unscientific, haphazard, unchecked, absence of safety gear and illegal. Digging of coal in these areas has been carried out manually in the small deposits with no

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