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Oct 17, 2019· Shillong: On November 8, 2018, two women firebrand activists, Agnes Kharshiing and Amita Sangma, were brutally attacked by the henchmen of the coal mafia operating at Tuber Shohshrieh in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district, when the duo were trying to investigate illegal coal transportation.. The National Green Tribunal had banned rathole mining in the area but allowed .

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Dec 31, 2018· Guwahati: The public furore over 15 labourers trapped inside a rathole mine in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district since December 13 has sharpened focus on illegal coal mining in the state despite a ban clamped by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014 which is said to have contributed to the Congress defeat in the recent assembly election.

Jan 14, 2019· Shillong: A month after 15 miners got trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, a group of social activists released a citizens'' report urging the Supreme Court to crackdown on coal mining and the coal mafias in the state. According to the twovolume report filed by social activists social activists Agnes Kharshing, Amita Sangma, Angela Rangad, Michael N. Syiem, the Meghalaya .

Dec 14, 2018· Shillong: A most unfrotunate series of events is coming to light from Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills where as many as 13 coal miners are believed to be trapped in an illegal "rat hole" coal in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, illegal rathole coal mining is rampant in this part of NorthEast India even to this very day as is evident in this news report.

Dec 29, 2018· The incident vindicated the stand of activists that illegal coal mining occurs in the East Jaintia Hills. It not only exploits natural resources, but puts lives at risk. Abdul Karim, who was...

West Jaintia Hills (Pron: ˈʤeɪnˌtɪə) is an administrative District in the state of Meghalaya in united district (Jaintia Hills District) was created on 22 February 1972 and occupied an area of 3819 km had a population of 295,692 (as of 2001). The district is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion. With the bifurcation of the erstwhile Jaintia Hills District ...

Meghalaya has an estimated 5,000 illegal rathole mines, mostly in East Jaintia hills. After coal mining was banned in 2014, there was a slowdown in economic activities by 70 per cent. With few...

Mining can take place only if the required permissions are granted by the authorities concerned. The apex court''s direction comes months after a mining disaster in the East Jaintia Hills district, in which 15 miners were trapped in an illegal coal mine — also known as a rathole mine .

Mining Mafia Is Wreaking Havoc Across India By. In meghalaya, the lush green state nestling in the hills, coal mining is a notorious activity undertaken by many illegal jaintia hills, where the disaster struck the workers, they were illegally operating mines and were trapped in a 370foot deep mine.

Nov 08, 2018· The illegal coal mining mafias had attacked the women and left them in the jungle. It is the second attack incident in Jaintia Hills district as illegal coal mining mafias attacked social activists. In March this year, Poipynhum Majaw, president of Jaintia Youth Federation (JYF) and RTI activist was found murdered at Khliehriat.

Jan 15, 2019· Coal mining currently underway in Meghalaya was a corruption of this Constitutional Provision wherein private individuals having private interests in earning monetary benefits from minerals vested under the land are engaging in coal mining. Lack of Monitoring: Mining activities are spread across too vast an area spreading over four districts.

Coal mining was a key poll issue for the opposition which used it to turn the table on Congress. During poll campaign in Jaintia hills region, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and his partymen were extremely vocal about the coal mining ban and how it was affecting the livelihood of many.

Jan 02, 2019· Fifteen miners are trapped inside a 370footdeep illegal coal mine in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district since December 13 after water from a nearby river gushed in, puncturing the mine .

Social activist Agnes Kharshiing and Amita Sangma were attacked by a group of 40 people led by a coal mafia in the East Jaintia Hills district after they complained to the local police about illegal mining and transportation of coal, police said. The list also names an MP, four ministers in the present Government and seven nonNPP legislators ...

The question is now reverberating as 13 coal miners are reported feared dead in a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills on Thursday morning. The NGT''s ban four years ago seems to have had little effect. Two incidents — 13 miners getting trapped inside a coal pit and attack on social activists, who has been vocal against illegal mining, Agnes ...

Dec 22, 2018· Following the mine collapse, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said in a video that illegal mining does happen, and promised appropriate action. Agnes Kharshiing, a leading campaigner on issues including illegal mining, and her colleague Amita Sangma were attacked in East Jaintia Hills last month while trying to locate an illegal mine.

Jun 28, 2020· SHILLONG: Though the government had denied illegal mining of coal in the past, fresh extraction of mining was detected on Friday. Following the illegal mining of coal,, Divisional Mining Officer, West Jaintia Hills filed an FIR based on the complaint of one Damehi Lamare.

Read more about Illegal coal mines in Meghalaya: How miners are exploited, lives threatened on Business Standard. The most recent incident vindicates the stand of activists that illegal coal mining occurs in the East Jaintia Hills. It not only exploits natural resources, but puts lives at risk. Get Price

Jan 14, 2019· The submission of the reports is significant in the wake of 15 miners being trapped in an illegal flooded coal mine in East Jaintia Hills districts for a month now, besides the murderous attacks on social activists Kharshiing and Sangma.

Dec 15, 2018· On April 17, 2014, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned illegal rathole mining after the All Dimasa Students Union and the Dima Hasao District Committee filed a petition that highlighted the unscientific and unregulated rathole coal mining operations in the Jaintia Hills. However, following protests by the mining lobby, the tribunal ...

Meghalaya has total coal reserves of 640 million tonnes, most of which is mined unscientifically by individuals and communities. As a result, the water sources of many rivers, especially in the Jaintia Hills district, have turned acidic. A majority of the mines are privately owned, and illegal coal mining .

Jan 12, 2019· In the Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya''s coal country, where 15 workers have been trapped in an illegal mine since December 13, sports utility vehicles, usually .

Meghalaya police have arrested the owner of the illegal coal mine in the state''s East Jaintia Hills district where 13 miners, trapped due to flooding on Thursday, are yet to be located and rescued.
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