Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Surjith Kumar Nanu Vs State of Kerala & Others. The allegation of the applicant is that the mines of laterite stone is being done by Ashraf K in Palloramala hills affecting over 80.94 acres of land of Ulliyeri village. Despite …
Shillong, July 19: The hopes of rescuing the 15 miners who were reportedly trapped inside a coal mine since July 6 in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills is receding with every passing day. After the rescue operations by the skilled National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were called off on July …
SHILLONG: Close on the heels of the mining tragedy in Garo Hills region of the State where 15 miners lost their lives inside a rat hole mine in Rongsa Awe village in South Garo Hills, questions regarding the safety and security measures in place in these mines have cropped up. …
- NDRF account reveals inhuman conditions faced by miners as mine owners, govt mint money Shillong: “Rat hole”, “black diamond”, “dark money”— these are the phrases which reveal the sorry state of affairs in the unscientific coal mines of Meghalaya. The stark reality has been captured in the detailed account …
SHILLONG: The State Government is contemplating to come up with an Executive Order (EO) to hold mine owners responsible for any untoward incidents that might occur inside mining areas owned by them. “We would soon come with the Executive Order as the Government is concerned over the lack of safety …
Shillong: At least 10 workers were feared dead in a coalpit in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district because of unscientific mining. Last Friday, 25 miners got trapped in a 100-m deep coal mine at Nengkhol village in the district when they accidentally punctured the wall of an abandoned mine, which …
Shillong: The Meghalaya State Aquaculture Mission has received nearly 40,000 applications from individual fish farmers across the state to partner with the state government in attaining self-sufficiency in fish production. A majority of the applications, which were received from November 2011 till April this year, have come from West Garo …
SHILLONG: Taking cognizance over malpractices prevailing in the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the State, the Government is planning to computerize the whole system to check the malaise. To achieve this objective, the State Government has already submitted a Detailed Project Report (DPR) amounting to Rs 43 crore for computerization …
TURA: An attempt to extract coal from a used mine shaft in Siju area of South Garo Hills proved disastrous for a group of locals when three of them reportedly lost their lives after inhaling toxic fumes deep inside the coal pit several hundred feet below the surface of the …
Three coal miners including the owner of the mine died in remote Siju area of South Garo Hills after inhaling toxic fumes while attempting to extract the mineral, a delayed report said. There is virtually no communication link in the remote jungle area which is on the periphery of the …
The standing committee of the National Board on Wildlife (nbw) has rejected a proposal for uranium exploration in the Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya. The Department of Atomic Energy (dae) wanted an eight sq km area of the park in South Garo hills de-notified for exploratory drilling. The park spread …
Jairam RameshWeathering the political storm over his controversial remarks, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh was back in action today as he rejected a proposal from the Department of Atomic Energy for exploratory drilling for uranium in the South Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Chairing the 19th standing committee meeting of …
NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on Friday rejected the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) proposal for exploratory drilling for uranium in Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya after stiff opposition from various quarters. The decision to reject the mining proposal of the DAE was taken at a …
NEW DELHI: A uranium mining project in Meghalaya proposed by the Department of Atomic Energy has been rejected by the National Board on Wildlife (NBWL) due to strong opposition from local communities and civil society groups. The decision was taken after detailed discussions by the Standing Committee of the NBWL …
THE DEPARTMENT of atomic energy will have to shelve its plans to augment the domestic supply of uranium from Meghalaya. The standing committee of the National Board on Wildlife has rejected the department
SHILLONG: The South Asian Primate Network (SAPN), a representative of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has urged the Ministry of Environment and Forests to reconsider the proposal by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to de-notify an area of eight sq km on the Rongcheng plateau in …
The 19th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Board on Wildlife took place under the chairmanship of Shri Jairam Ramesh, MOS(I/C) Environment and Forests. After a detailed discussion, the Standing Committee decided to reject a proposal of the Department of Atomic Energy for exploratory drilling for uranium in …
GUWAHATI: The National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) has decided to undertake a site inspection of the uranium deposit in Balpakram National Park in the State in response to the proposal submitted by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to de-notify an area of 8 square kilometers at Rongcheng Plateau …
A proposal for an exploratory drilling at a newly-surveyed uranium site inside the Balpakram National Park (BNP), in South Garo hills of Meghalaya, has raised the hackles of wildlife and conservation groups in the State. The 400-sq km BNP is a known habitat for Asian elephant, tiger and other endangered …
TURA: Rescue teams in South Garo Hills are expecting to reach the trapped coal miners at Rongsa Awe by Tuesday even as they fear the worst for the men who have been underground for the last five days after their mine caved in. At least eight miners were killed after …
