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Rat-Hole Mining Rampant in Meghalaya Despite NGT Ban. Rat-hole mining involves digging of narrow tunnels, usually 3-4 feet high, for workers to enter and extract coal.

How effectively and promptly the state and the mining community can act on their intentions now remains the question. Both are expected to make submissions before the tribunal on today. Order: Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding rat-hole coal mining in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, 17/04/2014

Dec 26, 2018· Inside Meghalaya's coal mines: Lives at risk, violation of NGT ban Four years after the National Green Tribunal ordered a ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, illegal practices continue unabated in the state, putting lives at risk every day

Jul 16, 2019· 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.

"People of Meghalaya largely depend on coal but the State government under Mr. Sangma's leadership failed to let mining resume," NPP chief Conrad Sangma has said at rallies in Chokpot and ...

Department of Mining and Geology, Government of Meghalaya. The Department of Mining & Geology was created out of its parent Department of Assam Government during the bifurcation of the State of Meghalaya in the year 1972.

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Aug 07, 2019· SC order revoking NGT ban on coal mining should be seen holistically: Meghalaya CM Speaking on the occasion Sangma said, "It goes to the whole level of telling the whole nation that our rights are unique, our people are unique and the traditional laws that we've had must be recognized".

The mining accident in Meghalaya, where 15 coal diggers are missing since December 13, has brought to the fore how inextricably important coal is to the people and lawmakers of the state. Exactly how central coal mining is in Meghalaya is clear after a look at the election affidavits of seven legislators.

Coal 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 ...

Feb 07, 2020· SHILLONG: The All Jaintia Transporters' Association and the Meghalaya People's Labour Union met at Jowai on Thursday wherein discussion was held on the state government not implementing the ruling of the Supreme Court on resumption of coal mining in Meghalaya.

Coal extraction in Meghalaya is done by primitive mining method commonly known as 'rat-hole' mining. Mining operation, undoubtedly has brought wealth and employment opportunity in the area, but ...

A look at the Supreme Court case on coal block allocation (WP Civil 120 of 2012) and the subsequent amendments in 2012 of the Coal Mines Nationalisation (CMN) Act and the Coal Mines Special Provisions Act 2015 as well as subsequent meetings in the Ministry of Coal indicate that the coal mining in Meghalaya is entirely illegal.

This trend of privatization of land has focused attention on the negative effects of mining on agriculture, but also on the environment and the health of the local population. As noted by O.P. Singh, "coal mining in Meghalaya has benefited the people and the state and has been a means of wealth generation for some people of the coal mining area.

Jan 15, 2019· In a big blow to the mining lobby in Meghalaya, the Supreme Court today refused to give more time to mine owners to transport the coal already extracted. The top court hauled up the Meghalaya ...

Jan 07, 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 .

SHILLONG: Meghalaya government has asked two expert agencies to come up with 'best options' to restart coal mining in the state. The two expert agencies - Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) and Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) - are on the job, deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong said on Sunday.

Aug 15, 2019· SHILLONG: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday hailed as "people's victory" the Supreme Court directive to lift the NGT ban on coal mining .

Sep 12, 2019· Coal Mining to resume in Meghalaya. In an earlier discussion, when questioned by Mawphlang MLA SK Sunn, the Chief Minister of Meghalaya said that the Supreme Court had passed an order on July 3, that stated mining operations undertaken by the tribals or other owners of hills districts of Meghalaya in accordance with mining lease obtained from ...

The Meghalaya government has maintained in the Supreme Court that it is in favour of regulating coal mining activities in the state. The state government said this in the apex court during a hearing on a petition filed by one Lber Laloo who wanted the ban on coal mining, imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) since April 2014, to be lifted.

Jan 19, 2019· "The ban (on mining) is not the solution. I have, however, maintained that the safety of mine workers and environmental protection can never be compromised," says Sangma. "I want the ban to be lifted, but at the same time reiterate that coal mining in Meghalaya .

IMPACT OF COAL MINING ON VEGETATION: A CASE STUDY IN JAINTIA HILLS DISTRICT OF MEGHALAYA, INDIA II Abstract Mining causes massive damage to landscape and biological communities. Plant communities get disturbed due to mining activities and following the mining, the habitats become impoverished presenting a very rigorous condition for its growth.

May 15, 2014· Coal Mining Claims Another Region. Like the incredible ecological ruin that is occurring in many of the world's other fossil energy development regions — West ia's mountaintop removal strip mines, the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, and Nigeria's polluted coastal oil drilling region — coal mines are laying waste to Meghalaya.

Staff Correspondent. SHILLONG: The Ministry of Coal has started the process of auction of 27 coal mines and allotment of 15 coal mines in Meghalaya to Central PSUs and State PSUs. The government is auctioning 21 coal mines for 'End-Use Non-Regulated Sector' and 6 coking coal mines for 'End Use Iron & Steel'. In case of allotment, 5 coal mines are for the power sector, 9 for sale of ...
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