RatHole Mining Rampant in Meghalaya Despite NGT Ban Rathole mining involves digging of narrow tunnels usually 34 feet high for workers to enter and extract coal
Stone mining in meghalaya destroying lives in assam mananimal conflict the quarrying is affecting farmers in neighbouring assam as elephants roam around the paddy fields even during the day
Dec 25 2018nbsp018332there seems to be no hope at the end of the tunnel for the 15 labourers trapped in a coal mine a fortnight ago as search operations have been suspended by the meghalaya government for want of highpowered pumps to flush out water from the pit four years after the national green tribunal ordered a ban on coal mining in meghalaya illegal practices continue unabated in the state putting
Rathole mining is technically simpler done by the tribals of meghalaya the national green tribunal banned rathole mining in jaintia hills from april 2014 because of the severe environmental impact mining menace in meghalaya coal mining once the driver of meghalayas economy was proscribed in the state by the ngt since 2014 read more
The ban on rathole mining in meghalaya was approved only after the all dimasa students union from assam petitioned the ngt in april 2014 by means of an urgent public interest litigation pil to its credit the ngt instituted the ban without delay on 17 april 2014 majaw 2016 however most of these rathole mines are controlled by big
Jan 14 2019nbsp018332the disappearance of 15 meghalaya miners reminds us again of the failure of the authority concerned to comply with the national green tribunals order to impose ban on coal mining
Aug 17 2015nbsp018332the mining community in meghalaya remains seriously concerned by the order of the tribunal and now the mining halt ordered by the state government b swer president of mining coalition from jaintia says it is wrong to say the mining community has been carrying out
In 2014 the national green tribunal ngt had banned rathole coal mining source meghalaya police there seems to be no hope at the end of the tunnel for the 15 labourers trapped in a coal mine a fortnight ago as search operations have been suspended by the meghalaya government for want of highpowered pumps to flush out water from the pit
The meghalaya pollution control board says it is studying the effects of coal mines on the environment and the caves quotonce the mining policy comes into effect every coal miner will be required to treat the mine waterquot says d hooroo member secretary of the board
Meghalaya a small state in north eastern region of india is abundantly blessed with coal and limestone about 9 of the countrys total limestone reserves are distributed in the state
Dec 17 2018nbsp018332in 2014 the national green tribunal ngt had banned rathole coal mining source meghalaya police even as 13 miners trapped by the flooding of an illegal coal mine in east jaintia hills of meghalaya are presumed dead the union coal ministry has before it a formal proposal sent by the meghalaya government seeking a way around a mining ban imposed by the national green tribunal
Jan 01 2019nbsp018332the ban was ordered on complaints that meghalayas preferred mode of mineral extraction rathole mining was polluting rivers and water sources much of meghalayas 57648 million metric tonnes of coal reserve of which 13313 million metric tonnes is proven is in thin seams located deep below with a large overburden
General meghalaya united nations concerned about indias suspension of ngo on the pretext of using foreign funding for drawing attention to uranium mining in meghalaya on sep 19 2018 the united nations assistant secretarygeneral for human rights presented his report to the 39th session of the human rights council additionally on 1 january 2018 it was reported that the centre for
Dec 26 2018nbsp018332fifteen miners are trapped in an illegal quotratholequot mine in meghalaya and their families have given up hope that theyll 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
Meghalaya illegal mining causing severe problems for themselves in future another mine accident brings meghalayas illegal trade of coal mining back in the spotlight and ecological damage from it sarah smith jan 25 2020 0135 78 0 facebook twitter lumthari is a small almost inaccessible hamlet in one of the remotest corners of the
Jan 15 2019nbsp018332the second part of the report how and why unregulated amp illegal coal mining in meghalaya continued even after the orders of national green tribunal amp honble 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 in the state
Department of mining and geology government of meghalaya minerals of meghalaya the state of meghalaya is endowed with large deposits of a number of valuable minerals such as coal limestone kaolin clay granite glasssand and uranium
Jul 04 2019nbsp018332the apex court had earlier refused to allow miners to transport extracted coal lying at various sites in meghalaya allowed sites sc bench has allowed mining operation to go on in hills districts of meghalaya on either privately or community owned land but it is subjected to lease or required permissions from concerned authorities background
A correspondent shillong the supreme court on wednesday has allowed coal mining operations in meghalaya on the privately and community owned land subject to the permissions from the concerned authorities the supreme court said we clarify that in event mining operations are undertaken in privately ownedcommunity owned land in hills districts of meghalaya in accordance with mining
Jan 20 2019nbsp018332meghalaya mining tragedy lessons go unheeded in mp as labourers face death and disease in quest for diamonds even as nearly 20 died in separate incidents over the past few weeks while illegally mining coal in meghalaya similar operations continue to endanger lives in madhya pradesh
Rathole mines are common in meghalaya as they are dug by villagers but are very dangerous as the coal is pulled out from narrow horizontal seams
Meghalaya mining accident what we know so far the mines are illegal because of the technique used the rathole technique was banned by the ngt in 2014 moneycontrol news
Jan 03 2019nbsp018332image caption abdul alim has worked in rathole mines for two years fifteen men have been trapped inside a socalled rathole mine in indias northeastern state of meghalaya
Kolkata meghalaya where coal mining started in 1894 conducted an orientation and sensitisation programme osp for mine owners in the last week of february this followed the supreme courts order dated july 3 2019 to facilitate systematic safe scientific and planned utilisation of meghalaya
Jan 25 2019nbsp018332a tragic incident took place in the rathole mines of meghalaya on the 13th of december 2018 when an aquifer was struck by the miners in a 370foot mine this gruesome accident led to the flooding of the entire mine while 15 miners were still trapped inside the mine these 15 miners were employed by
The national green tribunal on friday imposed a rs 100crore fine on the meghalaya government for failing to check illegal coal mining in the state pti reported
