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 …
Seventeen coal miners have been killed and six others trapped in two gas explosions in China, state media said on Monday, in the latest accidents to strike the country's dangerous mining sector. A dozen workers were killed in a blast late on Sunday at the Donggou coal mine in the …
DURGAPUR, 25 NOV: Mining operations have been suspended in a coalmine in Raniganj Coalfields under the Eastern Coalfields Limited following continued leakage of water from an abandoned open cast project (OCP) nearby. The panicked miners refused to enter the mine fearing sudden inundation. The miners with the Madhabpur colliery near …
PAWAN BALI Around 29 people have died in mining operations of Coal India Limited (CIL) in the last six months, exposing how the workers' lives are at risk while working for the PSU. According to the agenda papers prepared for the 33rd meeting of the standing committee on safety in …
Dennis Selvan Five persons were killed and six injured in a premature explosion triggered by a lightning flash in a stone quarry at Mathur village near Salavakkam, some 15 km from Chengalpattu, on Thursday. A flash of lightning triggered explosion, which was planned to occur two hours later FIVE persons …
The underground fire in Kujju along the Ranchi-Patna highway (NH-33) has been tamed, well almost, claims Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), but it is still unclear whether the stretch is safe for traffic. According to a press statement released by the company, the underground temperature in the affected zone, which was …
Smoke billows out of cracks in Bokapahari in this file picture of Jharia Dhanbad, Sept. 24: Concerned over the underground fire that is threatening to singe the Jharia township, social organisations here are mulling an agitation if steps to control the blaze are not taken without delay. Jharia Coalfield Bachao …
People of nine affected villages at Barapukuria Coal Mining areas will lay siege today in the mining area to realise compensation from the government. As the report of villagers siege programme reached Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL), the authorities yesterday applied to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral …
A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's central Henan province early on Tuesday killed 35 people and 44 others were missing, the government's work safety watchdog said. Another 14 workers had escaped the mine, which was a small, locally operated venture, at the time of the accident, the …
CCL employees insert a water pipe into the ground at Lohagate on NH-33 on Monday. Picture by Prashant Mitra Ranchi, Aug. 10: Land acquisition is delaying the much-awaited four-laning project of NH-33 between Ranchi and Hazaribagh, including a 4km bypass near Kujju, where a portion of the highway caved in …
- Governor urges coal minister to check fire, fund rehab OUR BUREAU The 15ft wide crater created on NH-33 near Kujju on Sunday. Telegraph picture Hazaribagh/Ranchi, Aug. 9: The state
Two days after traffic on the stretch was closed due to an underground fire, a 80-sq ft section of the NH 33 caved in near Kujju in Ramgarh district. Though no one was injured in the incident, the administration has cordoned off a three-sq km area and declared it a
To Relocate 1.12L Families Facing Threat From Underground Fires In one of the biggest rehabilitation plans in the world, the Centre will launch a scheme to relocate to safer areas some 1.12 lakh families whose houses face the threat of being sucked in by underground fires raging for the last …
The death toll from a fire at an abandoned South African gold mine rose to at least 61 on Tuesday, making it the country's worst such disaster in recent memory at an illicit mine. The fire has raged for days at the mine, owned by Harmony Gold Mining Co., in …
An underground fire in an abandoned shaft has apparently killed 36 people who were illegally mining, the Harmony Gold Mining Company said Monday. The company said the bodies were brought to the surface by other illegal miners over the weekend at the Eland shaft in central South Africa. In a …
A person has been feared dead and at least two critically wounded in a blast that occurred at a stone quarry in Tulasipura at Talghatpura, on Tuesday. Sources said there was a blast at the quarry at around 2.30 pm and a profusely bleeding Mahantesh, a worker, was shifted to …
The Government will appoint a surveyor firm within a month to assess the compensation of the victims of the Barapukuria Coalmine areas to establish the proposed coalmine city in Dinajpur, Energy Ministry sources said. The Government has taken decision following recommendation of the eight-member committee, formed for assessing compensation of …
