Five more bodies of workers who were trapped inside an illegal 'rat-hole' coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district have been recovered, 44 days after the structure was flooded, trapping nine.

After nearly a decade-long ban, Meghalaya has inaugurated its first scientific coal mine in East Jaintia Hills. This follows ...

The Centre on Wednesday said it is the responsibility of state governments to stop all kinds of illegal coal mining, including rat-hole, underlining that it is working in close coordination with ...

Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and politicians.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned rat-hole mining in 2014. However, coal is still extracted through this dangerous method in the Northeast. Rai further said that coal is extracted in ...

Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and politicians.

It is a primitive, perilous, and contentious technique primarily employed in India for extracting coal deposits ... likeness to rats burrowing through narrow holes. Rat-hole mining was banned ...

Ramgarh: District administration has initiated a major operation to demolish illegal and unsafe rat-hole mines in Ramgarh, working in coordination with the district mining department, forest ...

GUWAHATI: Meghalaya on Monday initiated the scientific mining of coal after almost a decade of ban on rat-hole coal mining ...

Meghalaya government resumes legal coal mining after 11 years, focusing on scientific methods to protect ecology and ...