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Jan 19, 2019· Unregulated coal mining in Meghalaya has destroyed the structure of tribal community land holding, resulting in large-scale land alienation and displacement of tribal poor. The Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 reveals that 76 per cent of the local tribal community is landless.

Also read: Meghalaya: Conrad attacks ex-CM Mukul Sangma over coal mining ban. Gonsalves said that the National Green Tribunal which had on January asked the Meghalaya government to impose a fine of Rs 100 crore for failing to check illegal mining in the state was a justified step.

Jan 12, 2019· 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 ...

Jul 16, 2019· Shillong: The Supreme Court judgment on July 3, 2019, by Justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph, on Meghalaya rat-hole coal mining is an unparalleled indictment of the claim of the tribes of Meghalaya - as represented by the Autonomous District Councils (ADC) - that they have unrestrained rights to exploit their lands, including for mining coal.

Jan 18, 2009· Meghalaya, a state better known for its abundant forest wealth and natural beauty, is unfortunately also home to a highly hazardous, unregulated and unscientific form of coal mining .

Environmental cost of mining . Meghalaya has 576.48 million tonnes of coal reserve spread across East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, East Garo Hills, Jaintia Hills and South Garo Hills. The Jaintia Hills, where the incident has occurred, is one of the seven districts of Meghalaya .

Department of Mining and Geology, Government of Meghalaya. 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.

Aug 15, 2019· SHILLONG: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday hailed as "people's victory" the Supreme Court directive to lift the NGT ban on coal mining .

A Correspondent. SHILLONG: The Supreme Court on Wednesday has allowed coal mining operations in Meghalaya, on the privately and community owned land subject to the permissions from the concerned authorities. The Supreme Court said, "We clarify that in event mining operations are undertaken in privately owned/community owned land in Hills Districts of Meghalaya in accordance with mining .

NGT asks Meghalaya government to submit report on coal mining The National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the Meghalaya government to submit a complete report adopted for the purpose of promoting scientific and permissible mining of coal which was banned since April last year.

Guwahati: A miner who survived the mishap that struck an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya on Thursday claimed 17 men, not 13 as widely reported, are stuck inside. Sayeb Ali, a 25-year-old coal miner from Assam's Chirang district, shared how he and four others who were on the ground had tried to save their fellow workers stuck inside the 380-foot rat-hole mine but failed.

Aug 15, 2019· Coal-dependent industries in neighbouring Bangladesh have been badly affected in view of the ongoing ban imposed by a green tribunal on unscientific rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya.

Jan 14, 2019· Citizens' report urges halt on coal mining in Meghalaya January 14, 2019 A group of social activists on Sunday released two volumes of a citizens' report urging the Supreme Court that coal mining in Meghalaya be stopped completely and other forms of energy, which are climate-friendly but need investment, be promoted.

The 379-page report, entitled 'Curse of unregulated coal mining in Meghalaya Volume 2', was released on Sunday by Angela Rangad, Agnes Kharshiing, Michael .

The Meghalaya government has maintained in the Supreme Court that it is in favour of regulating coal mining activities in the state. The state government said this in the apex court during a hearing on a petition filed by one Lber Laloo who wanted the ban on coal mining, imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) since April 2014, to be lifted.

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 ...

Dec 24, 2019· Coal miners in the mineral-rich northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya have something to celebrate. Over the summer, the Supreme Court of India passed an order to reopen mining .

GUWAHATI: With Supreme Court revoking National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining last month, Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K. Sangma said the order goes way beyond coal industry or it goes beyond the mineral rights that we might have. Sangma, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong, Tourism Minister Metbah Lyngdoh and MLAs from West Khasi Hills were felicitated by Ka Hima .

The court allowed Coal India Limited, in consultation with the NGT committee and Meghalaya's Mining and Geology department, to auction the remaining 32,56,715 metric tonnes of coal lying unused.

Coal is the most abundantly available fossible fuel in India and meets a substantial part of energy needs of the country. The north-eastern states of India, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and ...

May 14, 2020· According to Meghalaya's coal mine owners and managers, the order to bring in coal to a State where thousands of coal mines were lying idle — EJH alone has about 60,000 pits — was a .

Jun 26, 2020· Meghalaya High Court SHILLONG: The intervention of the High Court of Meghalaya was sought regarding illegal coal mining in Meghalaya. Advocate AS Siddiqui, on behalf of the petitioner, Abdul Ahad Choudhury, petitioned the Joint Registrar of the court for urgent listing of a writ petition in this regard.

May 15, 2014· Coal Mining Claims Another Region. Like the incredible ecological ruin that is occurring in many of the world's other fossil energy development regions — West ia's mountaintop removal strip mines, the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, and Nigeria's polluted coastal oil drilling region — coal mines are laying waste to Meghalaya.

Noting that such activity has created an "alarming situation" in Meghalaya, the bench chaired by Justice P Jyothimani on April 17 this year directed the chief secretary of Meghalaya and the state director general of police to ensure that rat-hole mining/illegal mining and illegal transport of the illegally mined coal is stopped forthwith ...
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