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Sep 20, 2018· "Every day, about 130 coalladen trucks are supplying coal to various cement industries in East Jaintia Hills. Coal mining has not at all stopped in East Jaintia, West Khasi Hills and South West Khasi Hills District," it alleged.
JOWAI, September 20, 2018: A wildlife and environment protection group in Meghalaya''s Jaintia Hills districts has urged the state government to initiate criminal proceedings against officials allegedly allowing illegal coal mining, despite a ban imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal.
Dec 29, 2018· Trapped Meghalaya Miners Are the Latest Victims of Years of Labour Exploitation. The incident vindicated the stand of activists that illegal coal mining occurs in the East Jaintia Hills.
The West Khasi Hills district is the largest district in the state with a geographical area of 5,247 square kilometres (2,026 sq mi). The district was carved out of Khasi Hills District on 28 October 1976. The district headquarters are located at Nongstoin.
Meghalaya has estimated coal reserves of 559 million tonnes (MT), spread over an area of sq. km (approximately 1 per cent of the total geographical area of the state). The Garo Hills district has the maximum coal reserves of 390 MT, followed by West Khasi Hills (98 MT), Jaintia Hills (39 MT), and East Khasi Hills (31 MT).
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding rat hole mining, Meghalaya, 22/08/2019
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Threat to life arising out of coal mining in south garo hills district Vs State of Meghalaya amp; Others dated 22/08/2019 regarding unscientific
Dec 20, 2018· Caught Between Coal Mafia and Flooding Dangers, Meghalaya Mine Was Disaster From Day One The coal mine in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills, where 14 workers are trapped since a week, has put the spotlight on rampant illegal coal mining in the state, despite a ban by National Green Tribunal in 2014.
The coal deposits in the state occur along the southern fring e of Shillong plateau distributed in Khasi Hills, Garo Hills and Jaintia Hills. Coal extraction is done by primitive mining method ...
Talking to media persons after the 18th sitting of the committee constituted by the NGT here on Monday, Katakey, however, said that illegal extraction of coal has come down by 80 per cent. He said the committee has received a representation from an individual alleging that illegal coal mining is still taking place in West Khasi Hills.
Sangma, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong, Tourism Minister Metb Lyngdoh and MLAs from West Khasi Hills were felicitated by Ka Hima Nongstoin Land Owners, Coal Traders and Producers Association in recognition of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government''s role for lifting of ban on Coal Mining.
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.
Informing that the Committee has received a representation from one individual alleging that illegal coal mining is still taking place in West Khasi Hills, Katakey said that even the State Government had said that there might be some problems in the areas and hence inquiry is being conducted into the matter after which the report will be ...
Nongstoin: The ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) is being lauded by many for its role in challenging the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban on coal mining in Meghalaya.. Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma, deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong, tourism minister Metb Lyngdoh and MLAs from West Khasi Hills were felicitated by Ka Hima Nongstoin Land Owners, Coal Traders'' .
NGT clears transport of 38,6545 MT coal in West Khasi Hills. The National Green Tribunal today gave its nod to transportation of 38,6545 metric tonnes coal in West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar permitted
Mining Profile of Meghalaya. Meghalaya is a small hill state in northeast India and shares an international border with Bangladesh in the south. Its capital is Shillong, once called the "Scotland of the East" by European settlers. Meghalaya has 11 districts and three main tribes – Garo, Khasi and Jaintia.
West Khasi Hills India Environment Portal | News, reports ... There were reports about opening of new uranium mines in West Khasi Hills which ... of 38,6545 metric tonnes coal in West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya.
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Rathole coal mining in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya YouTube. Jan 26, 2013· The rathole mines of Meghalaya is a barbaric practice which has taken the lives of both the young and the old and in the process polluted rivers, streams and water source of countless villages ... Read More> NGT TO DECIDE THE FATE OF COAL MINING IN MEGHALAYA .
Telegraph India reported that more than 33 lakh tonnes of coal have been exported from Meghalaya to Bangladesh since the ban on rathole coal mining was imposed by the National Green Tribunal in ...
Apr 25, 2012· THE DEATH of a large number of fish in West Khasi Hills district since 5 April has caused more than a ripple in the state. The Mukul Sangmaled Meghalaya government says preliminary investigations suggest that the death of fish in Ranikor river is due to ''use of toxic substances by locals'' in coal mining.
Interview | Agnes Kharshiing, the Woman Meghalaya''s Coal Mafia Tried to Silence "That village, Ksan, where the mine collapsed on more than 13 labourers, is an example of how wrong things are."
Staff ReporterSHILLONG, May 01: The Coal miners from West Khasi Hills region have decided to give suggestions to Meghalaya government for its intervention into the sudden blanket ban on coal mining in the general meeting of the coal miners under the banner of the Meghalaya Mine Owners and Exporters'' Association – South West Khasi [.]
Apr 16, 2018· Shillong, Apr 16 (PTI) The Meghalaya government is mulling introduction of high security barcodes and tamper proof holograms in challans issued for transportation of coal .
Ibina Sohbar took over the coal business in 2006 after her husband''s death. She owns a patch of land used as a coal depot in the market place of the Shallang area of Meghalaya''s West Khasi Hills.
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