Shillong: Meghalaya High Court has ordered the immediate transfer of East Jaintia Hills SP Jagpal Dhanoa for his failure to curb illegal coal mining and transportation activities in the district despite being posted since 2021, officials said on Wednesday. Acting Chief Justice HS Thangkhiew and Justice W Diengdoh said an interim report submitted …

This reckless approach by the coal mining companies landed them in a quagmire when 15 of such miners got trapped Lumthari village of East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya which raised ethical ...

A total of 45,000 tons of illegally mined coal was seized in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya after the high court pulled up the state government for its failure to check illegal mining. Sources said that the seizures were made over the last three weeks. A senior official at the Directorate of Mineral Resources while quoted by PTI said that over ...

Migrant workers often live alone but the situation is worse for those that live with their families. Lamare, Shoban N. 2012, Social Impact of Coal Mining in Jaintia Hills, NESRC While mining is primarily carried out by male members, women carry out various subsidiary functions like over-ground transportation and segregation.

Eyewitnesses said the illegal coal mine was quickly flooded after a sudden dynamite explosion in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills District on May 30, NDTV reports.

On 8 November 2018, a prominent women's rights and environmental activist, Agnes Kharshiing, and her aides, Amita Sangma and Emiki Kurbah, were attacked by a group of 30-40 people in the East Jaintia hills, a coal-rich district in Meghalaya, India. Ms. Kharshiing is known for her activism against illegal mining.

19th Katakey panel report establishes illegal coal mining, transportation in East Jaintia Hills. Reporter December 12, 2023. 401 7 minutes read. Shillong, Dec 12: …

The water of streams and rivers of all three regions (Jaintia, Khasi and Garo) have been found affected by coal mining. The adverse effects are severe in Jaintia Hills as most of the streams in coal mining …

A member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday expressed concern that children are being employed in coal mines of Meghalaya, which was banned by the National Green Tribunal four years ago. NHRC member Justice P C Ghosh also urged the authorities to stop illegal coal mining to address its impact on …

Illegal coal mining is continuing in the state with no respite despite the proactiveness shown by the Meghalaya High Court to stop it. Residents of West Khasi Hills district have reported unabated illegal rat hole mining in about five coal mining rich areas of West Khasi Hills district. The villagers on condition of anonymity said that illegal ...

In December 2018, in a separate fatal accident amidst illegal coal mining, 15 miners trapped by flooding in an illegal coal mine in Ksan village were rescued in …

The 2018 coal mining accident shook the world, when 19 miners who went inside an illegal rat-hole mine in East Jaintia Hills never came out alive (except an exceptionally lucky one from Assam). That's when the government of Meghalaya knocked on the door of the Supreme Court for a revision of the NGT ban in the state for legalising …

SHILLONG, Dec 8: Amidst allegations of illegal coal mining and transportation, Cabinet minister and Khliehriat MLA, Kyrmen Shylla said the Jaintia Hills region has a part of the 32 lakh MT of coal that CIL needs to auction off. ... "As per my knowledge, the coal lying in East Jaintia Hills is to be collected by CIL for auctioning, …

XINING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Years of exploitative illegal mining near a national nature reserve in northwest China has taken a toll on the alpine grassland and wetland, posing …

India's National Green Tribunal in 2014 banned rat hole mining of coal and its transportation over concerns for the environment and labour conditions in the tribal …

The report also stated that the Investigating Officer (IO) of Khliehriat PS Case No. 87 (11)23 by his communication dated November 21, 2023 has also informed the Deputy Commissioner, East Jaintia Hills District that during investigation it is found that the coal dumps as per the coordinates mentioned in the said FIR are not matching during …

Study site and Methodology. A study area of about 420 km2 was selected in the core of coal mining belt of the Jaintia Hills district (92°13'52'' to 92°25'16''E and 25°16'7'' to 25°27'28''N) of ...

SHILLONG, Dec 27: The Meghalaya High Court appointed one-man inquiry committee headed by Justice (retired) BP Katakey has exposed fresh illegal coal mining and transportation in East Jaintia Hills district, but the district administration asserted that several steps have being taken to curb the illegalities. Despite assurances from the state …

Admitting that illegal mining is rampant in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said appropriate action as per law will be taken against people who are involved in illegal coal mining even as all efforts are being made to rescue the five labourers trapped inside a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills District.

Indicating the resumption of mining, Labour Lyngdoh and Dapmain Shylla, two residents of the State's East Jaintia Hills district had on September 24 issued a statement thanking the Prime ...

At least 15 miners were trapped in a coal mine in the Ksan area of East Jaintia Hills on December 13, 2018. While five of them managed to escape, rescue efforts for the remaining 10 had continued ...

Shillong, Dec 20 (PTI) Meghalaya High Court has ordered the immediate transfer of East Jaintia Hills SP Jagpal Dhanoa for his failure to curb illegal coal mining and transportation activities in the district despite being posted since 2021, officials said on Wednesday. Acting Chief Justice HS Thangkhiew and Justice W Diengdoh said an interim report […]

The report followed the committee's visits to the coal mining areas in the East Jaintia Hills and other districts of the State. ... amply establishes continued illegal coal mining," the report ...

mining of coal in the Jaintia Hills and other parts of the region has been criticized for . ... primarily aimed at re solving the illegal migrant issues and check infiltration in the .

The Jaintia Coal Miners and Dealers' Association claims there are around 60,000 coal mines across 360 villages in East Jaintia Hills district. Moolamylliang used …

Irked by the continued illegal mining of coal in East Jaintia Hills, the Meghalaya High Court has ordered East Jaintia Hills Superintendent of Police, Jagpal Singh Dhanoa to appear before the division bench of the court during the hearing to be held on December 11 at 10:30 am.

In November, well-known Meghalaya activist Agnes Kharshiing and her companion were brutally assaulted in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district when she had reportedly visited the site to document alleged illegal rat hole coal mining despite the interim ban on it. The hospitalised activist is recovering from her head injuries. This is the ...

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 …

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 shiny and black, are the... See more

Driving down from Shillong to Khliehriat, the epicentre of illegal coal mining in the state, the visibly disfigured Jaintia Hills and the unending dumps of coal hide a dirty secret-abandoned rat-hole mine …

In 2021, after seven years of ban, the Union Coal Ministry granted mining leases for three coal blocks in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills. Recently in 2022, Meghalaya's district magistrate ordered a fresh ban on rat-hole coal mining. In addition to other pertinent laws, the DM's notification stated that violating the order would result in ...

These fears came true when 13 people were trapped to death inside a coal mine in Ksan village in East Jaintia Hills district in December 2018 after the mine suddenly flooded.