Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024. In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were …
JAIPUR: In a paradox of sorts just as the director general of mines safety kicked off the safety week on Sunday, the killer minefields of Makrana devoured another worker. Thirty-five-year-old Bhanwarlal died after the bucket of an earth-moving vehicle went crashing down on him. "Around 10 am on Sunday when …
A gas explosion at a mine in central China has killed nine workers. The accident happened Saturday afternoon at a mine in Hunan province's Sandu township. A Hunan work safety official says all nine workers underground at the time were confirmed dead. The official, surnamed Zhang, says the cause of …
Tragedy struck a rescue operation in a north China colliery Sunday when rescuers found the lifeless bodies of four miners trapped after a cave-in, the government said. One miner remained missing after the incident Friday morning at the Yuanlin coalmine in Inner Mongolia, the government said in a statement. The …
Thirty-four miners are now confirmed dead in a gas leak at a coal mine in southwestern China. Another nine miners are still trapped. A powerful gas leak hit one underground platform of the Sizhuang Coal Mine in Yunnan province on Thursday and spread to another platform, trapping 43 miners. It …
P ANJIM: Scores of enquiries into illegal mining activities have put a temporary halt to the high level monitoring committee to oversee the safety at the extraction sites. The state government appointed committee, which was constituted following two mining accidents, was supposed to undertake the process of visiting all the …
A sudden explosion of rock in a coal mine in central China following a small earthquake killed four miners and trapped 57 others, a state news agency reported on Friday. The accident in the coal mine in the city of Sanmenxia in Henan province occurred Thursday evening when 75 miners …
Ram Shylla, 43, a coal labourer, was killed when the mine in which he was working caved in at Deinjem at Li-Iah village under Lad Rymbai in Jaintia Hills yesterday. According to reports, Shylla, who hails from Mukhla village in the Jaintia Hills, died after he was engaged in rat-hole …
Rescuers pulled seven injured miners to the surface Friday and were trying to reach 50 others trapped after a rock explosion in a coal mine in central China, state media reported. Four miners were killed in the rock blast Thursday evening and 14 managed to escape, the official Xinhua News …
A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed 29 workers, Chinese authorities said Sunday. Six other miners survived Saturday evening's blast at a state-owned coal mine in Hengyang city in Hunan province, China's State Administration of Work Safety said in a statement on its website. Five …
All 13 mine workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in China’s Heilongjiang Province have been confirmed dead, local authorities said today. The bodies of the 13 miners who died in the October 11 flood of Jindi Coal Mine in Jidong County had all been retrieved by today after nearly …
A gas blast killed 11 people at a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, state media reported, in the latest accident to hit the country's mining industry. A total of 21 miners were working underground when the blast struck at the Tianyu coal mine in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi province, …
Chinese state media said an explosion in a coal mine killed at least 13 workers. The official Xinhua News Agency said five other workers are missing after the blast Tuesday in a mine in the southwestern province of Guizhou. It said 13 miners managed to escape, but three of those …
The company that owns a mine where a man died on Tuesday is in court this week to answer charges it failed to prevent the death of another man at the same pit in 2008, the Financial Times has learnt. UK Coal, which operates Kellingley colliery near Pontefract in Yorkshire, …
Government data suggest U.S. coal mines have grown safer in the 18 months since an underground explosion killed 29 West Virginia miners, with industry and federal officials attributing the improvement to increased enforcement of regulations and better training by mining companies themselves. Safety violations at coal mines fell 5% per …
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 …
Shillong/Khliehriat, Aug. 29: The coal mines in Meghalaya are death traps, feel many migrant labourers who are engaged in extracting the black gold by adopting unscientific rat-hole mining methods. Because of the hazardous nature of work, the labourers continue to perish in the deep and dark tunnels while digging for …
Twenty-two coal miners were rescued Tuesday from their flooded pit in northeastern China after being trapped underground for a week. State broadcaster CCTV showed the men being brought slowly to the surface, with all apparently in good condition. Hopes for the miners were revived Sunday after noises were detected through …
In the wake of recent accidents at mining sites in Goa due to heavy rains, a revised set of safety norms would be issued to the mines that will have to be complied with during monsoon, a senior official said today. Centre’s Directorate of Mines Safety will issue a revised …
This new report by the Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs has detailed information on various types of disasters, institutional framework and policy guidelines in disaster management. It also presents the roadmap in tackling disasters. India’s geo-climatic conditions as well as its high degree of socio-economic vulnerability, makes it …
