Cooperatives for sustainable mining: NGT
The chairman of the committee of the National Green Tribunal(NGT) for rat hole mining in Meghalaya has advised small coal mine owners in the State to form cooperatives to shift …
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‘Consent letters of miners’ families filed in SC’
The Meghalaya government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the families of the victims, who were trapped inside a rat hole mine in December 2018 and …
Read MoreMiners: Meghalaya to move SC for end to op
Meghalaya Chief Minister has said that the State government will appeal to the Supreme Court to stop the operations to retrieve the bodies of miners. 15 miners have been trapped …
Read MoreSC rejects Meghalaya miners’ plea on coal transportation
The Supreme Court has refused to allow miners to transport extracted coal lying at various sites in Meghalaya.There have been allegations that mine owners are misusing the relaxation on transportation …
Read MoreMeghalaya rathole mine tragedy: SC questions need to go on with rescue work but agrees to one ‘last-ditch effort’
The Supreme Court has questioned the need to continue with the rescue operations for trapped miners in a rathole mine in Meghalaya. A coal mine in Meghalaya East Jaintia Hills …
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