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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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 ...
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 …
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.
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 …
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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It has thrown light on a dangerous procedure known as "rat-hole mining". n nn What is rat-hole mining? nn n It involves digging of very small tunnels, usually only 3-4 feet high, which workers (often children) enter and extract coal. n The rat-hole mining is broadly of two types - side-cutting and box-cutting. n
Types of Rat Hole Mining. There are two types of rat hole mining: Side-cutting: Narrow tunnels are dug in the hill slopes, and workers go inside the holes to find the coal seam.; Box-cutting: Rectangular openings are made, which can vary upto 10 to 100 sq m.; Manual labour removes the coal, loads it into a wheelbarrow or bucket, and …
There is no feasible blueprint for feasible coal mining in Meghalaya. It will only be rat-hole mining. This is illegal and promote illegal trades in the coal belt," Kharshiing said.
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 ...
None of 26,000 rat-hole mines closed yet, Meghalaya HC told. ... Rat-hole mining is the term for the laborious process of excavating through mines with hand-held equipment. In order for miners to ...
KEYWORDS: Rat-hole Coal Mining, Environment, Water Resources, Meghalaya I. INTRODUCTION Rat-hole coal mining is a method carried out manually, which is crude, …
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 ...
Rat-hole mining is a sub-surface and unscientific form of coal extraction that is banned in Meghalaya but continues despite the …
The accident exposed the coal mining racket in the East Jaintia Hills, despite a ban on rat-hole mining enforced by the National Green Tribunal in 2014. "We got the information because some of ...
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 ...
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 …
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 …
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 …
Exploitation of workers: Maximum mining in Meghalaya is from rat hole mining where workers put their lives in danger but benefits are cornered by few private individuals. Risk to Lives: Rat-holes mines without adequate safety measures pose high risk to miner's lives. According to one estimate, one miner dies in these rat-holes mines …
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It has been two days since 13 workers got trapped in an illegal rat-hole mine in the East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. On the morning of December 13, the …
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 …
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 …
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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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; £ ...
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" …
There is no government estimate on the number of rat-hole mines operating in the state. However, an unofficial report says there are about 60,000 such rat-hole mines operating out of East Jaintia Hills district, one of the major coal-producing sites of Meghalaya. Activists accuse government of hiding information on illegal coal mining
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 …
Rat-hole mining is a dangerous and illegal practice of extracting coal from small tunnels in hilly regions, mainly in Meghalaya. It involves child labor, pollution, accidents and violates the National Green …
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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.