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GUWAHATI: With Supreme Court revoking National Green Tribunal (NGT) 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.

Jan 14, 2019· It looks at how and why unregulated and illegal coal mining in Meghalaya continues even after the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Supreme Court of India. The second volume puts together these reports in the backdrop of the murderous attack on Kharshiing and Sangma by the "coal mafia (coal mine owners that include five ...

Dec 24, 2019· Given that the coalmining land was under private and community ownership, India''s national overseer, Coal India, never regulated mining in Meghalaya .

Dec 26, 2018· Fifteen miners are trapped in an illegal "rathole" mine in Meghalaya, and their families have given up hope that they''ll be rescued alive. The unscientific mining of coal using small horizontal holes along the coal seams has been banned by the National Green Tribunal since 2014.

Coal mining was a key poll issue for the opposition which used it to turn the table on Congress. The BJP, which is also a coalition partner of the Meghalaya Government led by Conrad Sangma, also promised it would solve the problem of illegal mining within 180 days. According to the report submitted to the Supreme Court, though the Meghalaya CM ...

Aug 15, 2019· The Supreme Court on July 3 set aside the ban on coal mining in Meghalaya imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) since April 2014, and allowed mining operations on privately and communityowned land, subject to permissions from authorities concerned.

Aug 15, 2019· The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the owner of a coal mine in Meghalaya where 15 people have been trapped for nearly two months saying he was responsible for the illegal mining .

On December 13, an illegal coal mine in Saipung area of Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district collapsed and got flooded from the adjacent Lytein river which trapped at least 15 workers who are feared dead now. The rescue operations were temporarily halted Monday as the water pumps proved ineffective in bringing down the water level. (Express ...

Jul 20, 2019· 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. Pranjal Baruah, December 20, 2018, 3:48 pm explore: India .

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

The Supreme Court will conduct a final hearing on issues related to coal mining in Meghalaya on December 4. It deferred its order regarding pleas for allowing transportation of extracted and assessed coal. There are at least five petitions before a bench of the apex court on the coalmining issue.

Acting on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Meghalaya government last week suspended rathole mining and transportation of coal in the entire state. The announcement came formally through a press statement by Y Tsering, state principal secretary for mining and geology.

Read more about Illegal, unregulated coal mining in Meghalaya caused environmental degradation, says SC on Business Standard. Environmental degradation by illegal and unregulated coal mining has taken place in Meghalaya, the Supreme Court held Wednesday and directed the state to deposit Rs 100 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for restoration

Also read: Meghalaya: Conrad attacks exCM 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 10, 2020· Illegal coal mining in Meghalaya has come as a boon to cement factories and captive power plants as they allegedly did not have to pay royalty, taxes and other statutory levies, a .

Charged by the Opposition of failing of control unregulated coal mining, Meghalaya Mining Minister Mr B M Lanong today maintained the government do not intend to disturb the ''customary rights'' of

May 20, 2020· 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. In March, the NGT committee headed by former Justice BD Aggarwal approved the auction and transport of 2 lakh metric tonnes on a trial basis.

Meghalaya mine mishap: Water being pumped out, Navy divers get to work. As many as 15 workers were trapped in a 370footdeep illegal coal mine in Ksan area of Lumthari village in the state. Jan 07, 2019, 23:31 PM IST

Dec 27, 2018· A total of 15 miners are trapped in a 370footdeep illegal mine in the Ksan area of Lumthari village in Meghalaya since December 13. The NDRF had deployed a .

Jul 16, 2019· Shillong: The Supreme Court judgment on July 3, 2019, by Justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph, on Meghalaya rathole 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.

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will finally pronounce its orders today on transportation of the extracted coal as well as reopening of coal mining in the state of Meghalaya after three days of hearing and deliberation on the matter. "The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has heard all parties on the ban and after three days will provide its set of new orders to be carried out ...

Jun 26, 2020· 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.

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 .

The Supreme Court will conduct a final hearing on issues related to coal mining in Meghalaya on December 4. It deferred its order regarding pleas for allowing transportation of extracted and assessed coal. There are at least five petitions before a bench of the apex court on the coalmining issue.
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