Coal India, Assam govt seal 13 rat-holes, arrest four in Tinsukia district
2 months, 1 week ago

Coal India, Assam govt seal 13 rat-holes, arrest four in Tinsukia district

Hindustan Times  

Silchar: At least 13 illegal coal mines were sealed and four people working inside the rat-holes were arrested on Saturday in Tinsukia district, officials said on Sunday. An excavator and other equipment were seized The joint operation by Coal India Limited and the Assam government to seal illegal rat-holes follows a recent mishap in which nine labourers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, where the water level inside the quarry rose to nearly 100 feet. “Trucks loaded with illegally mined coal frequently travel along highways, and despite several appeals from locals, police and administrative officials have failed to intervene or take action,” said Ranjan Chowdhury, a local resident. Superintendent of police Tinsukia, Gaurav Abhijit Dilip, said the operation was conducted with the support of Coal India, with representatives from North Eastern Coalfields and Assam Power Distribution Company Limited also participating.

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The silent crisis of rat-hole mining
1 month, 1 week ago

The silent crisis of rat-hole mining

The Hindu  

On January 29, the Gauhati High Court took suo motu cognisance of the mining tragedy in Umrangso, Assam. Ground Zero | Assam rat-hole mine tragedy: Dying for black gold Why illegal mining persists Coal mining in Meghalaya and Assam, once a small-scale practice, expanded dangerously in the 1980s due to industrial demand from West Bengal and Bangladesh. Rat-hole mining occurs …

Umrangso Coal Mine Deaths: Gauhati High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Seeks Report From Assam Govt Over Illegal Mining Activities
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Umrangso Coal Mine Deaths: Gauhati High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Seeks Report From Assam Govt Over Illegal Mining Activities

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the State authorities in a Suo Moto PIL taking note of the coal mine tragedy that had taken place in Umrangso of Dima Hasao district of Assam. The division bench of the Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Kaushik Goswami directed the State respondents to file their response to the PIL …

Catch illegal miners named in government report in 2019: Assam rights group
2 months ago

Catch illegal miners named in government report in 2019: Assam rights group

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI More than a fortnight after nine miners were trapped in a flooded rat-hole coal mine in central Assam’s Dima Hasao district bordering Meghalaya, the focus has shifted to similar illegal operations in the eastern part of the State, along the border with Arunachal Pradesh. “In March 2019, Assam’s Geology and Mining Department wrote to Tinsukia’s Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent …

Drive to seal Assam rat-hole coal mines begins
2 months, 1 week ago

Drive to seal Assam rat-hole coal mines begins

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The police and local authorities in Assam’s Dima Hasao district have initiated a drive to seal all the rat holes and seize all mining equipment at the mine sites. A few days ago, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that about 220 rat-hole mines had been detected in the district’s Umrangso area bordering Meghalaya. “We have begun by restricting …

Three more arrested in connection with Assam coal mine mishap: Police
2 months, 1 week ago

Three more arrested in connection with Assam coal mine mishap: Police

Hindustan Times  

Silchar: The Assam police have arrested three more individuals in connection with the coal mine mishap that happened in Dima Hasao district’s Umrangso area on January 6, taking the total number to five. Security personnel try to control members of the Asom Sonmilito Morcha during their protest against the Umrangso Coal Mine incident outside Assam Mineral Development Corporation office in …

Assam rat-hole mine tragedy: Dying for black gold
2 months, 1 week ago

Assam rat-hole mine tragedy: Dying for black gold

The Hindu  

Rajib Barman, 39, had heard that the job of a rat-hole miner was hazardous, but he chose to do it because he had a debt of ₹60,000 to pay off. A resident of Sitlabazar village in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district, Barman decided to work at the Kalamati mine in the Umrangso area of Dima Hasao district via a middleman. “The …

Assam government detects 220 illegal coal mines, judicial probe ordered into mine tragedy
2 months, 1 week ago

Assam government detects 220 illegal coal mines, judicial probe ordered into mine tragedy

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has detected 220 rat-hole coal mines in the Umrangso area of Dima Hasao district even as the flooded coal mine in the area still has 11 crore litres of water, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday. Briefing media after a meeting of his cabinet at Morigaon, Sarma said according to the initial assessment of …

​Burrow tragedy: on the coal mining tragedy in Assam’s Dima Hasao
2 months, 1 week ago

​Burrow tragedy: on the coal mining tragedy in Assam’s Dima Hasao

The Hindu  

With four deaths so far, the coal mining tragedy in Assam’s Dima Hasao district has revived a long-standing debate on the hazardous nature of rat-hole coal mining in India. As opposed to modern coal mining, which is mechanised, the ‘rat-hole’ points to the crude and antiquated technique of employing people, and even children, to burrow into the ground to scoop …

​Burrow tragedy: On the coal mining tragedy in Assam’s Dima Hasao
2 months, 1 week ago

​Burrow tragedy: On the coal mining tragedy in Assam’s Dima Hasao

The Hindu  

With four deaths so far, the coal mining tragedy in Assam’s Dima Hasao district has revived a long-standing debate on the hazardous nature of rat-hole coal mining in India. As opposed to modern coal mining, which is mechanised, the ‘rat-hole’ points to the crude and antiquated technique of employing people, and even children, to burrow into the ground to scoop …

Dewatering in ill-fated Assam coal mine continues, no sign of trapped miners
2 months, 1 week ago

Dewatering in ill-fated Assam coal mine continues, no sign of trapped miners

The Hindu  

Persistently high levels of water affected the ninth day of operation on Wednesday to find the five miners trapped in the water-filled rat-hole mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district since January 6. The personnel of multiple agencies, including the Indian Navy, Army, and the National Disaster Response Force retrieved the bodies of four of the trapped miners between January 8 …

Assam mine tragedy: Six-year-old query from Supreme Court on rat-hole mines remains unanswered
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam mine tragedy: Six-year-old query from Supreme Court on rat-hole mines remains unanswered

The Hindu  

An oral question from the Supreme Court to the Union government continues to remain unanswered even as rescue workers recover bodies of workers who died trapped in a flooded rat-hole coal mine at Dima Hasao district in Assam. On January 11, 2019, nearly six years ago, the top court had asked whether rat-hole mines could possibly operate in the northeast …

Assam mining tragedy: Rescue operations enter day 7
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam mining tragedy: Rescue operations enter day 7

Deccan Chronicle  

The joint search and rescue operations are underway at the rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao to locate 5 other trapped workers.The rescue teams of the Indian army, Indian Navy, NDRF and other agencies have retrieved four bodies from the flooded rat-hole mine. The rescue operations are still underway, with five miners still missing.A …

Assam rat hole mine tragedy: 4 bodies recovered since Tuesday, 5 miners still trapped
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam rat hole mine tragedy: 4 bodies recovered since Tuesday, 5 miners still trapped

Firstpost  

Three more bodies were discovered in the flooded rat-hole mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, mounting the death toll to four as search and rescue operations continue. Three more bodies were found on Saturday in the flooded rat-hole mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. An official told news agency PTI that a miner’s body was discovered floating in the accumulated …

Assam coal mine mishap: Four bodies recovered so far
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam coal mine mishap: Four bodies recovered so far

The Hindu  

Rescue workers retrieved bodies bodies of miners from a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district by Saturday afternoon. The water level is down to about 15 metres with six pumps draining out 2.43 lakh litres per hour from the affected mine,” Dima Hasao District Commissioner Simanta Kumar Das told The Hindu. SIT probe sought Assam Congress MP …

Assam mining tragedy: ‘Sardar’ of labourers held, dewatering exercise underway
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam mining tragedy: ‘Sardar’ of labourers held, dewatering exercise underway

The Hindu  

The water level at the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district receded by seven metres on Friday, brightening hopes of locating eight miners trapped inside since the morning of January 6. Dima Hasao District Magistrate Simanta Kumar Das said that the process of ‘dewatering’ or draining three abandoned mines within 500 metres of the ill-fated mine helped …

Assam mining tragedy: Rescue operations on for 4th day, CIL brings heavy-duty pump from Maharashtra
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam mining tragedy: Rescue operations on for 4th day, CIL brings heavy-duty pump from Maharashtra

New Indian Express  

UMRANGSO: Rescue operations by multiple state and central agencies continued for the fourth day on Thursday to locate trapped miners inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Dima Hasao district of Assam, officials said. The search operations resumed early in the morning after the dewatering exercise all night and the Remotely Operated Vehicle has gone inside the flooded shaft, a …

Assam coal mine: Anxiety builds over trapped workers as water level nears 100 ft
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam coal mine: Anxiety builds over trapped workers as water level nears 100 ft

Hindustan Times  

Anxiety has been building around the rescue operation of nine labourers trapped inside a coal mine in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, with the water level inside the quarry rising to nearly 100 feet. Navy divers also joined the efforts to rescue the trapped labourers from the coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao. After a sudden flow of water …

Assam rat hole mine flood leaves 3 dead, rescue efforts on to save 6 others
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam rat hole mine flood leaves 3 dead, rescue efforts on to save 6 others

Firstpost  

Three workers among nine trapped in a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district have died. Assam rat hole mine rescue On Monday morning, nine workers aged between 26 and 57 got trapped in a coal mine in 3 Kilo, Umrangso, in the hilly Dima Hasao district. Carrying all necessary equipment, the rescue operation commenced this morning, in coordination …

The Hindu Morning Digest, January 7, 2024
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Hindu Morning Digest, January 7, 2024

The Hindu  

Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations, Brazil announces Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the group’s presiding country Brazil announced Monday. NHRC concerned at death of sanitation workers despite steps to eradicate manual scavenging Expressing concern over continuous death of sanitation workers despite legal provisions to eradicate …

Assam mine: One body recovered from flooded Indian mine as rescuers search for trapped men
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Assam mine: One body recovered from flooded Indian mine as rescuers search for trapped men

CNN  

Guwahati, India - The body of a miner was recovered from a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India’s northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, two days into the search for nine men trapped below ground. The mine, which is 300 feet deep and has multiple underground tunnels, is thought to have flooded on Monday morning after miners …

Several workers feared trapped in Assam coal mine after water seeps in: Police
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Several workers feared trapped in Assam coal mine after water seeps in: Police

Hindustan Times  

An unspecified number of workers are feared trapped inside a coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district since Monday morning after underground water seeped into the mine, said officials. According to officials, several workers went inside the coal mine operated by the mines and minerals department of the state government at a place called Tin Kilo in Umrangshoo region of …

Labourers trapped in ‘flooded’ Assam coal mine
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Labourers trapped in ‘flooded’ Assam coal mine

The Hindu  

At least half a dozen labourers are feared trapped in a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. In January 2024, a fire in a coal mine in Nagaland’s Wokha district killed six workers and injured four others. In September 2022, the suspected inhalation of toxic gas killed three labourers in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Tinsukia district. …

Assam: Several labourers feared trapped after water enters coal mine, rescue operations on
Top News
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Assam: Several labourers feared trapped after water enters coal mine, rescue operations on

India TV News  

Several workers were feared trapped inside a coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Monday, after a sudden gush of water flooded the site, officials said. The State Disaster Response Force and the National Disaster Response Force are also on their way to the incident site to aid in the efforts," the CM said. Dima Hasao Superintendent of Police …

Rat-hole miners roped in to rescue child stuck inside borewell for over 48 hours
3 months ago

Rat-hole miners roped in to rescue child stuck inside borewell for over 48 hours

India Today  

Efforts to rescue 3-year-old Chetna continue in Rajasthan's Kotputli, over 48 hours since she fell into a borewell. Chetna fell into a 700-feet deep borewell in the Kotputli district of Rajasthan on Monday evening and got stuck at 150 feet. The technique delivered huge success last year in November, as a team of seven rat-hole miners rescued 41 workers trapped …

None of 26,000 rat-hole mines closed yet, Meghalaya HC told
10 months, 2 weeks ago

None of 26,000 rat-hole mines closed yet, Meghalaya HC told

Hindustan Times  

None of the 26,000 abandoned rat-hole mines in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya has so far been closed despite an order, posing a threat of loss of life to humans as well as livestock, according to an interim report of a committee formed to monitor the mining and transportation of coal in the north-eastern state. The National Green Tribunal …

What are ‘rat miners’? Controversial specialists brought in for final stretch of India tunnel rescue
1 year, 3 months ago

What are ‘rat miners’? Controversial specialists brought in for final stretch of India tunnel rescue

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A mining technique that has …

BJP leaders behind illegal coal mining in Assam: Assam Jatiya Parishad
2 years, 1 month ago

BJP leaders behind illegal coal mining in Assam: Assam Jatiya Parishad

The Hindu  

Some Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are behind illegal coal mining in Assam, a State-based political party has alleged in a set of memorandums on February 16. AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi and general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan said illegal rat-hole coal mining has continued in Assam besides Meghalaya and other north-eastern States with the alleged patronage of the BJP leaders and in …

Assam: Illegal rat-hole mining taking place with govt support, alleges Opposition
2 years, 3 months ago

Assam: Illegal rat-hole mining taking place with govt support, alleges Opposition

Hindustan Times  

Assam is losing around ₹2,000 cr every month due to illegal rat-hole mining taking place in violation of the National Green Tribunal directives, alleged the Assam Jatiya Parishad, a regional party. Addressing a press conference on Friday, AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi accused the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party -led government of encouraging illegal mining of coal inside reserve forests and even …

Miners Still Trapped in Meghalaya Coal Mine, Rain Hampers Rescue Efforts
3 years, 9 months ago

Miners Still Trapped in Meghalaya Coal Mine, Rain Hampers Rescue Efforts

News 18  

Heavy rainfall on Tuesday is hampering operations to rescue at least five miners trapped for two days deep inside an illegal rat-hole coal pit in Meghalayas East Jaintia Hills district, officials said. The district administration has identified five miners four from Assam and one from Tripura who were trapped at the coal pit in the remote Umpleng area of Sutnga …

Five Labourers Feared Trapped After Explosion in Illegal Coal Mine in Meghalaya, FIR Registered
3 years, 9 months ago

Five Labourers Feared Trapped After Explosion in Illegal Coal Mine in Meghalaya, FIR Registered

News 18  

A case was on Monday registered in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills police station on the basis of some eye-witnesses against an incident of illegal rat-hole coal mining which left five labourers feared trapped inside the mine after it collapsed due to a “sudden explosion of dynamite”. The district police were able to identify the probable location of the incident at …

Four killed following mudslides at illegal coal mine in Nagaland
6 years ago

Four killed following mudslides at illegal coal mine in Nagaland

India TV News  

Four miners were killed following mudslides at an illegal coal mine at Yonglok village in Longleng district of Nagaland, police said Monday. They reportedly got stuck inside the open-cast mine on the Assam-Nagaland border following mudslides, police said. The mine was recently shut down following a state government order banning illegal coal mining and a provisional ban on licensed mining …

How is illegal rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya still on despite NGT ban? Asks Supreme Court; bans coal transport till 19 Feb
6 years, 2 months ago

How is illegal rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya still on despite NGT ban? Asks Supreme Court; bans coal transport till 19 Feb

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court has ordered the Meghalaya government to file a detailed affidavit on whether inspections were being carried out at illegal rat-hole mines in the state. The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned how illegal rat-hole coal mining was still rampant in Meghalaya despite the ban on the practice impost by the National Green Tribunal. The Meghalaya government has been …

Meghalaya’s rat hole traps
6 years, 2 months ago

Meghalaya’s rat hole traps

The Hindu  

It was the compensation cheque, for ₹1 lakh, that convinced Solibar Rahman, 64, that he would never see his 20-year-old son, Monirul Islam, ever again. Monirul is one of the 15 miners trapped in a coal mine barely 2 ft wide — hence called a ‘rat hole’ — in Meghalaya since December 13. Says Daly, “Today not even a tadpole …

Indian miners trapped in illegal ‘rat-hole’ pit for more than three weeks
6 years, 2 months ago

Indian miners trapped in illegal ‘rat-hole’ pit for more than three weeks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Indian rescuers trying to reach …

Poverty drives India’s ‘rat-hole’ miners into death traps
6 years, 2 months ago

Poverty drives India’s ‘rat-hole’ miners into death traps

Al Jazeera  

Twenty days after 15 miners were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya state, the search for them goes on. 160707062855721 “Rat-hole” mining was banned in 2014 by India’s National Green Tribunal following a petition that said the acidic discharge from the coal mines was polluting the Kopili River downstream. “Both Mozid and Mizanur decided that the only way …

Number of miners trapped in 'rat-hole' coal mine in Meghalaya goes up to 15: 7 days on, incessant rain makes rescue ops tricky
6 years, 3 months ago

Number of miners trapped in 'rat-hole' coal mine in Meghalaya goes up to 15: 7 days on, incessant rain makes rescue ops tricky

Firstpost  

The number of people trapped inside the rat-hole mines of East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya has gone up to 15. Reports confirmed the news as officials are still attempting to rescue the miners who have been tapped inside the illegal coal mines. Shillong: The number of people trapped inside the rat-hole mines of East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya …

Massive operation on to rescue 13 people trapped in illegal mine in Meghalaya
6 years, 3 months ago

Massive operation on to rescue 13 people trapped in illegal mine in Meghalaya

India TV News  

A massive rescue and search operation is on to pull out 13 people who are trapped inside an illegal 'rat hole' coal mine in a remote part of Meghalaya since last two days. Teams of NDRF and state police involving about 100 personnel are trying to reach the trapped people inside the the mine which is said to be 320-feet …

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