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Meghalaya: CM declares judicial inquiry into fatal illegal mining incidentMeghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has ordered a judicial inquiry into a deadly explosion at an illegal coal mine. The blast in East Ja...- Exterminate rat-hole mining once & for allTragic deaths in Meghalaya's coal mines are a result of illegal rat-hole mining. This practice, banned in 2014, continues due to weak enfor...
- 18 labourers killed, several trapped after blast at illegal coal mine in MeghalayaA powerful blast has rocked an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district. At least 18 labourers have died and s...
- 16 dead in coal mine blast in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia HillsTragedy struck Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday. An explosion at a coal mine claimed the lives of sixteen labourers. Sev...
- Meghalaya inaugurates first scientific coal mine after nearly a decade long banAfter nearly a decade-long ban, Meghalaya has inaugurated its first scientific coal mine in East Jaintia Hills. This follows the 2014 NGT b...
- Assam: Gauhati HC takes note of rat-hole mining going unnoticed in Karbi AnglongThe Gauhati High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the rampant illegal rat-hole mining in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, particularly...
- Assam forms inquiry commission, announces ex-gratia after Umrangso mine tragedyThe Assam government has set up a One-Man Inquiry Commission to investigate the Umrangso Mines tragedy, led by Justice Anima Hazarika. This...
- Two terms that we must bury for goodLet's take 'rat mining', or (as if to make it a bit better) 'rat-hole mining'. Sure, it's a 'technical' term that those engaging in it - su...
- Uttarkashi Tunnel: How Jhansi rat miners rescued workers after high-tech American machine failedA group of skilled miners from Uttar Pradesh joined the rescue operation to save 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkash...
- Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: How the 12 'rat miners' reached the 41 trapped menRat-hole mining experts are nearing a breakthrough in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand. After 15 days, workers are close to fre...
- Silkyara tunnel collapse: After modern machinery fails, controversial rat-hole mining comes to the rescueRescuers in Uttarakhand are employing the controversial rat-hole mining technique to extract 41 trapped labourers after modern machinery fa...
- Illegal coal mining going on in Assam: AJP writes to PM ModiThe Party stated Government is already aware that illegal mining of coal, which has continued unabated for decades in India's north eastern...
- Rat-hole: The dark side of coal mining in MeghalayaThe size of rat-holes are such that only children can work and adults cannot enter the pits.
- Supreme Court to hear petition on Meghalaya miners rescue todayThe miners have been trapped for the last 16 days in a socalled rat hole mine, the type of which dot the terrain despite a top court-impose...
- Mine mishap: Rescue operations to resume with use of sophisticated equipmentThe miners have been trapped in the mine in the Ksan area of Lumthari village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district since December 13,...
- It is not the time to play politics, Meghalaya chief minister on trapped minersNarendra Modi was in Assam on Tuesday to inaugurate India’s longest road-cum-rail bridge Bogibeel Bridge in Upper Assam’s Dibrugarh.
- 13 feared trapped in flooded coal mine in MeghalayaChief minister, Conard Sangma said that team from NDRF and district administration are carrying out the rescue operation. “This is unfortun...
- Meghalaya to implement new mines and mineral Policy by next yearMeghalaya will implement the new mines and mineral Policy by next year. The new policy has made room for joint venture in coal explorations...
- Meghalaya introduces mining policy, silent on rat-hole miningMeghalaya cabinet gave nod to the mining policy even as it ruled out doing away with rat-hole mining, which is facing opposition.
- Fifteen miners trapped in rat hole mine in MeghalayaNo trace of 15 miners who were trapped near Nangalbibra area of South Garo Hills district in Meghalaya.
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