Kharshiing had reportedly captured photographs of illegal rat-hole mining in the district and was stopped by miscreants on their way back. Rat-hole mining involves digging of narrow tunnels, usually 3-4 feet high, for workers to enter and extract coal. The horizontal tunnels are often termed "rat-holes", as each just about fits one person.
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First, the Meghalaya government has no idea what happens inside these rat-hole mines, which are barely 2 ft wide, since mining is a private activity. Despite the National Green Tribunal ban of ...
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There seems to be no hope at the end of the tunnel for the 15 labourers trapped in a coal mine a fortnight ago, as search operations have been suspended by the Meghalaya government for want of high-powered pumps to flush out water from the pit. Four years after the National Green Tribunal ordered a ban on coal mining in …
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Meghalaya High Court confronts ongoing illicit rat-hole coal mining: Committee's alarming report sparks legal and environmental concerns. Recently, the Meghalaya High Court has officially acknowledged the impactful 18th report of a committee and has slated a hearing for November 30 to determine future courses of action.
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The paper appreciates coal mining laws and policies applied by National Green Tribunal to ban traditional, artisanal and rat-hole coal mining in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya (a state in India) in an ...
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Rat-hole mining, a primitive and hazardous method of mining, was banned in Meghalaya due to its detrimental effects on both the environment and the miners. …
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Despite a ban on rat-hole mining of coal in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, illegal coal continues to be extracted and moved across borders of Meghalaya. Illegal coal mining has not only been a nemesis to the environment but also a threat to human lives. LCW analysis of news reports shows that nearly 60 …
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The other type of rat-hole mining is called box-cutting. In this type, a rectangular opening is made, varying from 10 to 100 sqm, and through that a vertical pit is dug, 100 to 400 feet deep. Once the coal seam is found, rat-hole-sized tunnels are dug horizontally through which workers can extract the coal.
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In 2014, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned rat-hole coal mining. (Source: Meghalaya Police) There seems to be no hope at the end of the tunnel for the 15 labourers trapped in a coal mine a fortnight ago, as search operations have been suspended by the Meghalaya government for want of high-powered pumps to flush out …
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"We had seen water flooding the abandoned quarries around us. I was tensed. But we were told not to worry and continue extracting the coal," recounts a petrified Sahib Ali, a survivor of India's latest mining disaster in Meghalaya's notorious "unscientific" rat-hole coal mines. Sahib Ali, a 21-year old resident of Assam who had picked […]
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Impulse NGO Network addressed human trafficking and child labour in the rat-hole coal mines of the Jaintia Hills district. INGON filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with the …
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Shillong: Coal miners in Meghalaya go down what's literally a rat hole.It was in one such flooded rat hole that around 15 miners have been trapped since 13 December. With the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) unable to pump out the water from the flooded mine even 10 days after the disaster, the miners, in all …
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SHILLONG: The High Court of Meghalaya on Wednesday asked the state government to submit a report on illegal rat-hole coal mining in the wake of media reports on the menace. "An independent ...
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The story so far: Two scientific methods of mining — vertical drilling and auger or horizontal drilling — were employed to rescue 41 workers on November 28 after 17 days of being trapped in the partially-collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand.The last leg of the rescue involved rat-hole mining, once used extensively in Meghalaya. What is …
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned rat-hole mining in Meghalaya for being unscientific 10 years ago, but the practice continues to be rampant illegally resulting in several deaths over ...
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On 17 April 2014, India's National Green Tribunal (NGT) temporarily banned rat-hole mining in Meghalaya. Before this, the state government was not concerned …
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Although illegal, rat-hole mining is widely practised Abdul first started working in coal mines about two years ago. Before that, he worked as a mason and earned a daily wage of 400 rupees ($6; £ ...
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This committee, led by retired Justice Brojendra Katakey and appointed by the High Court, has uncovered ongoing illicit rat-hole coal mining and its unlawful …
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Shillong: Not one of the 26,000 abandoned rat-hole coal mines in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district has so far been closed despite an order, posing risk of loss of life of humans as well as livestock, the Meghalaya High Court was informed. The rat-hole mining and transportation of coal in the Himalayan state were banned 10 years …
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Rat-hole mining is a sub-surface and unscientific form of coal extraction that is banned in Meghalaya but continues despite the …
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In 2014, the National Green Tribunal imposed a ban on rat-hole mining of coal in Meghalaya on the grounds that it was unsafe and unscientific. The rathole technique entails digging small vertical ...
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Q.Despite a ban, rat-hole mining continues to prevail as an important practice in Meghalaya. What are the issues associated with it? Discuss. (150W) Rat Hole Mining. It is a primitive and hazardous …
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surface mining method commonly known as ‗rat-hole' mining. Such method of mining has a significant impact on the environment, landscape and biological communities of the earth. In the light of this background, this paper examines the impact of Rat-hole Coal Mining on the environment in Jaiñtia Hills of Meghalaya as well as
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GUWAHATI. A one-member panel appointed by the High Court of Meghalaya to handle coal-related issues has flagged the lack of progress in restoring the environment damaged by rat-hole coal mining in ...
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There is no blueprint for feasible coal mining in Meghalaya. It will invariably be rat-hole mining, which is illegal and will lead to human trafficking, drug abuse and other illegalities in these ...
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