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Illegal mining
Jan 05 2019 Stop illegal mining in 48 hours SC to Rajasthan says disappearance of Aravalli hills behind Delhi pollution. Ordering Rajasthan government to stop illegal mining in Aravalli area within 48 hours the Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the disappearance of the hills could be one reason for rise of pollution in Delhi.
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National Green News
Coal mining has been going on in Meghalaya since early 19th century but says estimates by the government illegal mining has mushroomed across the state in the last two months. Most mines here are of the rat hole variety small pits are dug in the ground and people crawl into these pits with next to no safety equipment.
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Climate change plan faces high profile legal test
Apr 15 2015 West ia and other states argue that the plan is illegal because coal fired power plants already are regulated under a separate section of the Clean Air Act. on the panel hearing the case
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Rescue ops to save trapped miners in Meghalaya enter 4th
Jun 04 2021 Rescue ops to save trapped miners in Meghalaya enter 4th day. Shillong Non stop rescue operations to save the five miners trapped in a coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya continued for the fourth day on Thursday. The Executive Director of the State Disaster Management Authority I. Mawlong said that uninterrupted rescue operations
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Jan 04 2019 At least 15 miners are trapped in the 370 foot deep illegal coal mine in Lumthari village of East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya since December 13
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Coal and Mining Sector
Dec 18 2015 So despite a ban rat hole mining remains the prevalent procedure for coal mining in Meghalaya. Rat hole mining is the locally developed technique and the most commonly used one. It is not regulated by any law and coal extraction has been made by unscrupulous elements in a most illegal and unscientific manner.
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TMC steps up attack on Meghalaya govt
Jan 19 2022 The Trinamool Congress TMC in Meghalaya has stepped up its attack on the Conrad K. Sangma government for patronising illegal coal mining and transportation in the State. After former Chief
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genesis of coal mining in meghalaya
A look at the supreme court case on coal block allocation wp civil 120 of 2012 and the subsequent amendments in 2012 of the coal mines nationalisation cmn act and the coal mines special provisions act 2015 as well as subsequent meetings in the ministry of coal indicate that the coal mining in meghalaya is entirely illegal.
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Jun 07 2015 Meghalaya asked to pay Rs 100 crore over illegal mining Following a judicial committee report on violations to the ban on rat hole mining National Green Tribunal imposes a fine on state government January 05 2019
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COVID 19 third wave India’s Omicron tally increases by 8.31
Jan 18 2022 India’s COVID 19 woes seems to have become never ending. Next Meghalaya govt in no mood to stop illegal coal mining Mukul Sangma. Search for Search Birds death Tripura HC directs govt to set up panel for supervision of wetlands February 27 2022 9 27 pm Four more Assam youths reach New Delhi from war hit Ukraine February 27 2022
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Coal mining
Posts about Coal mining written by kracktivist. The apex court said that the Centre cannot undermine the the Mines and Minerals Act. which has given no power to it to allocate coal block to companies. A bench of justices RM Lodha and J Chelameswar asked the government to go through other legislations particularly the Coal Mines Nationalisation Act to find out whether
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illegal raids
The numbers of FIRs have been mentioned in theJasbir Singh Acting Chief Justice Oral This writ petition has been filed seeking issuance of directions to the official respondents to stop illegal mining going on in Pathankot to check illegal mining in the above villages. To say so reliance has been placed upon order dated 16.4.2012
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The State Of Meghalaya vs All Dimasa Students Union Hasao
Jul 03 2019 After hearing applicant the Tribunal on 17.04.2014 passed an order directing the Chief Secretary of Meghalaya 6 Director General of Police State of Meghalaya to ensure that rat hole mining/illegal mining is stopped forthwith throughout the State of Meghalaya and any illegal transport of coal shall not take place until further orders passed
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PDF Why do we burn coal and trees to make solar panels
Metallurgical Coke Metcoke is a source of carbon for solar silicon smelting. It is a porous carbon rich solid fuel made by coking coal in large slot ovens to drive out most of the
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ILLEGAL COAL MINING
Sep 07 2021 The top court in its order dated August 25 2014 had declared the entire coal block allocations done by the Centre between July 14 1993 and March 31 2011 as illegal and arbitrary and on September 24 2014 had ordered cancellation of 42 coal blocks but said it will take effect only from March 31 2015 since the coal blocks were still being mined and
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Coal Production from opencast mines in India FY 1998 99 to 2016 17 Source Coal Directory of India FY 1998 99 to 2016 17 Output Per Man Shift OMS of
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Illegal coal mining SC directs Meghalaya govt to deposit
Jul 03 2019 While the environmentalists continue to oppose illegal coal mining in the state the state government has promised to restart coal mining in the state addressing environment and safety issues. The National Green Tribunal NGT on January 4 2019 had imposed the fine on the Meghalaya government for its failure to curb illegal mining in the state.
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Central Pollution Control Board
SC asks Meghalaya to deposit Rs 100 crore fine for illegal coal mining. Heatwave spike ozone level in Delhi NCR CSE. Stubble burning not going to stop on its own consider granting subsidy to farmers SC. Environment gets short shrift. Gujarat High Court notice to state over ill effects of mining in Jamnagar.
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ILLEGAL COAL MINING
Sep 07 2021 SC asks Meghalaya to deposit Rs 100 cr fine for illegal coal mining The bench allowed the mining operation to go on in the state on the privately and community owned land subject to the permissions from the concerned authorities.
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Meghalaya Budget Session Live Updates
Mar 10 2021 The SC has lifted the ban. The second step towards ensuring that we can give a mining lease was approved by the Government of India
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Acid from coal mine burst pipe kills four The
Oct 19 2019 The Kopili river flows down to the Brahmaputra from the Meghalaya plateau in the south and is now infamous for carrying coal slurry and acids used in rathole mining in Meghalaya. This practice of creating narrow holes of about a metre in diameter in which only one person can enter has been banned by the National Green Tribunal India’s
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Dehing Patkai Coal mining clearance draws flak from civil
May 19 2020 Dehing Patkai Coal mining clearance draws flak from civil societies. Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts of Assam and covers an area of 111.19 km2 42.93 sq mi rainforest. The tropical wet evergreen forest consists of three parts Jeypore upper Dihing River and Dirok rainforest.
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India’s Environment Ministry Unlocked Many ..
Jun 15 2020 Illegal coal mining has been going since 2003. The Assam government/forest department has totally failed in protecting the natural resources of the state. How can it have gone on for 16 years Choudhury told Mongabay India. We have to reduce our dependency on coal mining for the livelihood of the communities that are in the elephant
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Indonesia tries to clamp down on coal sector’s worst excesses
Oct 16 2014 Indonesia tries to clamp down on coal sector’s worst excesses. 21 million hectares earmarked for coal mining including more than half of East Kalimantan. Out of the jungles of East Borneo in
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Meghalaya relaxes age limit to 32 for general candidates
Feb 04 2022 Meghalaya relaxes age limit to 32 for general candidates 37 for SC/ST. Shillong Feb 4 PTI The Meghalaya government has enhanced the upper age limit for general candidates to 32 years and to 37
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NGT panel blames un abetted illegal mining for Meghalaya
Jan 10 2019 NGT panel blames ‘un abetted illegal mining’ for Meghalaya tragedy. The NGT report finds that a blasé Meghalaya government looked the other way when illegal mining was going on in several East Jaintia Hills areas. New Delhi A three member independent committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal NGT has held the state government
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Tribal communities and coal in Northeast India The
Dec 01 2016 Bans on coal mining have been implemented in two tribal majority states in India s north east frontier Nagaland and Meghalaya. In Nagaland the state government imposed the ban in an attempt to capture control of coal extraction and trade while in Meghalaya India s National Green Commission imposed the ban over concern for the environment and labour
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Stop illegal mining or face contempt of court NGT panel
Jan 12 2019 Shillong Jan 11 IANS A three member committee of the National Green Tribunal NGT on Friday asked the Meghalaya government to either stop illegal coal mining in the state or face contempt of
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SC bans coal transportation in Meghalaya after Jan 31
The Supreme Court on Tuesday hauled up the Meghalaya government on the issue of illegal coal mining in the state. AFP Updated on Jan 15 2019 11 41 PM IST Share Via
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Illegal coal transportation on in state NGT panel
Sep 17 2019 SHILLONG The NGT Committee headed by former judge of Gauhati High Court Justice BP Katakey on Monday said that illegal transportation of coal is continuing in the state despite there being no permission from any court of law since January 1 2019. Talking to media persons after the 18th sitting of the committee constituted by
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Navy NDRF operations on as 5 miners trapped in Meghalaya mine
Jun 14 2021 Shillong June 14 IANS An Indian Navy team joined the non stop rescue operations for five miners trapped in a coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya for two weeks said top
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Trapped Meghalaya miners untraced even as Odisha
Jan 02 2019 Shillong Jan 2 National Disaster Response Force NDRF rescuers and Odisha firefighters on Tuesday began dewatering the coal mine in their bid to rescue 15 coal miners trapped in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district an official said.. The fate of the miners who are trapped inside a flooded coalmine in Ksan village about 130 from Meghalaya’s capital
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Environmentalists opposed coal mining in Saleki of Dehing
May 18 2020 The protestors have urged the Prime Minister of India the Minister of Environment Forest and Climate Change of India the Chief Minister of Assam and the NBWL to stop any current and future coal mining project in Saleki and the whole of Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve stating that legal and illegal coal extraction is having and will have
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