Meghalaya's black holes: Unregulated rat-hole coal mines …
by Sahana Ghosh on 29 November 2018. 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-majority state of Meghalaya. Rat hole mining of coal is an unscientific practice to extract coal through narrow tunnels into the ground.
Legal limits to tribal governance: coal mining in Meghalaya…
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. However, it also (is) a bare fact that the benefit of coal mining is going to a small group of people, whereas a majority are excluded to share the benefit due to various ...
11 19 MEGHALAYA
Table – 2 : Reserves/Resour ces of Coal as on 1.4.2012 : Meghalaya (In million tonnes) Coalfield Proved Indicated Inferred Total Total 89.04 16.51 470.93 576.48 West Darangiri 65.40 - 59.60 125.00 ... * Relates to coal mines as on 31.03.2011. @ Figures for earlier years have been repeated as estimates because of non-receipt of data..
Mishap at Meghalaya coal mine leaves one dead, another hurt
An accident at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya killed one person and left another battling for his life. Police said the incident happened in the Shallang area of West Khasi Hills district on ...
Homepage: Department of Mining and Geology
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. The Directorate of Mineral Resources (DMR) under the administrative control of the Department of Mining & Geology with its Headquarter at Shillong has 2 (two) Divisional Mining ...
Neither law nor accident stops coal mining in …
December 19, 2019. More than a year after the flooding of an illegal coal mine killed 15 miners in Meghalaya, the collective failure of all disaster management agencies in India has been almost forgotten. On December …
COAL MINING AND ITS SOCIAL IMPACT IN JAINTIA HILLS …
The coal story in Meghalaya is a horrifying blend of bad governance, poorly crafted laws and a desperately surplus labour Market. The paper will finally explore how mainstream politics, aided by the media has failed to do justice to these desperate miners in the North-eastern Hill state of Meghalaya. Download Free PDF.
Over Forty Years of Coal Mining in Meghalaya
The Meghalaya Government has been overriding both these Acts periodically by invoking its 6th Schedule Status and the Coal Mine (Nationalization) Act, 1973 that regulates the Acquisition and transfer of the right, title and interest of owners in respect of the coal mines specified in the Schedule Mishra.
Minerals of Meghalaya: Department of Mining and Geology
Minerals of Meghalaya. The State of Meghalaya is endowed with large deposits of a number of valuable minerals such as coal, limestone, kaolin, clay, granite, glass-sand and uranium. The table below gives information about various mineral resources of the State. Cherrapunjee, Mawlong, Ishamati, Shella, Komorrah, Borsora, Bagli in Khasi Hills ...
Mining all set to resume in Meghalaya after nine years
Coal Mining is set to resume in the state of Meghalaya after nine years. The commencement of scientific mining will be landmark in the history of Meghalaya, as it …
The child miners of Meghalaya | Features | Al Jazeera
The child miners of Meghalaya. Thousands of children risk their lives to work in "rat hole" mines in northeastern Indian state, earning $60 a week. Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya: Pemba Tamang ...
Meghalaya's black holes: Unregulated rat-hole coal …
The attack on an activist in a coal belt in India's northeast frontier state of Meghalaya has spotlighted the issue of ecological degradation from "rat hole mining" and the outlawed activities continuing …
Coal mining leases granted in Meghalaya after seven …
Shillong, Sep 24 (PTI) Mining leases for three coal blocks were granted in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills by the Union Coal Ministry in a major boost for the sector in the state after a ban was imposed by the Nation Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, officials said on Friday. The mining leases were granted in the name of Labour Lyngdoh, a resident ...
Unbridled illegal coal mining in Meghalaya despite court ban
Coal Mining. Land Conflict Summary. Despite a ban on rat-hole mining of coal in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, illegal coal continues to be …
Another year, another mining tragedy — why Meghalaya…
Shillong: A lot of questions remain unanswered about what exactly happened on the morning of 21 January in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, when six miners fell 170 feet to their death at a coal mine in the Sorkari Dienshanlalu village near Rymbai. There are reports that the crane they were using to extract coal malfunctioned, sending …
'Scientific coal mining in Meghalaya from next financial year'
SHILLONG: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma expressed optimism on Wednesday (February 21), stating that the state is poised to commence scientific coal mining from the upcoming financial year. During the debate on the governor's address, the Meghalaya chief minister revealed that the preparations for initiating scientific mining …
Meghalaya coal mines
The Meghalaya "rat-hole" coal mines are a 5 million ton-per-annum (MTPA) network of previously unregulated hand-mined box mines in the Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya state, India. Contents. 1Location. 2Background on Mine. 3Mine Details. 4Articles and resources. 4.1References. 4.2Related … See more
Environmental Impact of Rat-Hole Coal Mines on the …
It also calls for auditing coal mining in Meghalaya state because of its special *Corresponding Author 82 M.Z.M. Nomani et al. utilisation of mineral resources, eco-friendly mineral assessment (SIA) (Nomani, 2011) in the mine life resource extraction and socio-economic development cycle in SDF framework (IIED, 2002). ...
Threat To Life Arising Out Of Coal Mining In South Garo
It has also been stated that they procured coal from local market when the transportation of the coal from mines in the State of Meghalaya was allowed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and Hon'ble National Green Tribunal. They also claimed import of about 20000 MT of coal from Malaysia during the last financial year. (iii) As per the record of …
Coal mining impact on vegetation of the Nokrek …
Forest cover in Meghalaya, India, was reduced by 12.5% due to a three-fold increase in customary coal mining in the area from 1975 to 2007 that is still illegally practiced.
Minerals of Meghalaya: Department of Mining and Geology
18 rowsThe State of Meghalaya is endowed with large deposits of a number of valuable minerals such as coal, limestone, kaolin, clay, granite, glass-sand and uranium. The …
Why Rat-hole Mining Ban In The Coal Belt Is A Major …
The NPP-led Meghalaya government was slapped with a fine of Rs 100 crore in 2019 for failing to stop rat-hole mining, even five years after the imposition of the ban. "We have been living on ...
Meghalaya One Step Away From Scientific Coal Mining: …
Coal mining in Meghalaya has been a controversial issue since the carpet ban issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014. In 2019, the Supreme Court had lifted the ban stating that the ...
6 killed near Meghalaya coal mine
Coal mining in Meghalaya came into the spotlight in 2018, when at least 15 workers got trapped and died inside a mine in Ksan in East Jaintia Hills district. The Ksan accident brought to light that illegal rat-hole mining, involving narrow tunnels dug into mountains for workers to move through and extract coal, had continued to thrive in ...
An Exploratory Study of Health and Livelihood Conditions of Coal …
Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya is endowed with rich reserves of mineral resources. The process of coal extraction in artisanal and small-scale mining of the region is primitive, unscientific, haphazard, unchecked, absence of safety gear and illegal. Digging of coal in these areas has been carried out manually in the small deposits with no …
Coal mining to resume in Meghalaya after 9 …
The National Green Tribunal had in April 2014 imposed a blanket ban on coal mining and transportation of coal in Meghalaya causing a massive blow to the revenue of the state. As a result, the …
In Pictures | Crumbling hills of Meghalaya
In pictures: Meghalaya, blessed by nature's bounty, has been at the receiving end of greed for the resources that lie beneath its land, with uncontrolled coal mining and illegal limestone mining
Meghalaya's rat hole traps
As efforts are under way to reach 15 miners trapped in an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya since December 13, the tragedy puts the spotlight on the dark underbelly of coal mining in the State ...
Neutralization of Acid Mine Drainage Contaminated Water …
The unscientific mining of coal without environmental safeguards in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya has adversely affected the water resources of the area, leading to streams with a pH of 3–5. The acidic stream water is not suitable for human use and lacks aquatic life. The prevailing situation demanded immediate neutralization and eco-restoration. …
An Economic Perspective on Coal Mining in Meghalaya
Unlike elsewhere in the country, coal mining in Meghalaya is a private owned economic activity generating negative externalities for which the perpetrators -coal miners- are not being made to pay or compensate for these costs. This results in coal being produced at an output level much higher than what would have been if the coal miners …
