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Green Court Panel's Field Visit Exposes Illegal Coal ...

The NGT committee's report not only mentioned that the coal mining lobby has been thriving, but the Meghalaya government was also aware of …

Supreme Court fines illegal miners in Odisha, directs fund ...

The SC had taken up the matter of illegal mining in Odisha in early 2012, following a petition, filed by non-profit Common Cause. The petitioner had sought judicial intervention to terminate all mining leases that are involved …

Illegal coal mining: CBI raids 45 locations in 4 states ...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday carried out searches at 45 locations across four states including the premises of two General Managers of East Coal Fields Limited in a case of illegal mining and theft of coal, sources said. A CBI source said that the agency carried out searches at 45 locations in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand …

Odisha Government Cuts 40,000 Trees for Adani Mine, Over ...

Following the Supreme Courts order on September 24, 2014, cancelling the allocation of 214 coal mines to various private and stateowned corporations terming it illegal, the Talabira II and III coal blocks were reallotted to NLC India Limited in July 2018. A subsidiary of the Adani Group, Talabira (Odisha) Mining Private Limited signed an ...

Meghalaya's black holes: Unregulated rat-hole coal mines ...

Rat hole mining of coal is an unscientific practice to extract coal through narrow tunnels into the ground. It has led to widespread pollution of rivers, deforestation and disruption of traditional values in society. With extraction of coal tied to rights of indigenous communities over land, the ban was widely resented and challenged.

Measures Adopted to Curb Illegal Mining

Penalty for illegal mining was made more stringent by the Central Government through amendment of the MMDR Act in 2015. The penalties have been increased from Rs 25 thousand per hectare to Rs 5 Lakh per hectare and the term of the imprisonment has been increased from 2 years to 5 years for contravention of section 4(1) and 4(1A) of the Act.

Supreme Court On Mining: Latest News, Photos, Videos on ...

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the owner of a coal mine in Meghalaya where 15 people have been trapped for nearly two months saying he was responsible for the illegal mining due to ...

No interim relief be granted to ED officials in local FIR ...

''In order to pressurise the petitioners/ IOs investigating the case related to illegal coal mining, Abhishek Banerjee lodged an FIR on April 5, 2021, against a news channel and in furtherance of the same, notices have been issued to the IOs investigating the case of illegal coal mining by the West Bengal Police.

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Several Steps taken to check Illegal Coal Mining ...

Illegal mining of coal is reported to be carried out mainly from abandoned mines, shallow coal seams situated at remote/isolated places from the mines and are scattered over a large area. It is a Law & Order problem which is a State subject, hence primarily; falls under the domain of the State/District administration to take necessary deterrent ...

Enforcement Directorate summons Abhishek, wife in ...

Odisha. Punjab. Sikkim. ... laundering charges with the agency having told a special PMLA court here earlier that 'proceeds of crime' from illegal coal mining to the tune of Rs 168 crore were ...

coal mining | Latest and Breaking News on coal mining | TNIE

Government's bid to resume coal mining in Meghalaya triggers concerns about safety. The Shillong-based activist had survived an attack from the miscreants in 2018 during a visit to an illegal coal ...

Orissa Minerals (Prevention of theft, Smuggling & Illegal ...

The Orissa Minerals (Prevention of theft, Smuggling & Illegal Mining and Regulation of Possession, Storage, Trading and Transportation) Rules, 2007. Published vide Notification No. S.R.O. No. 412/2007, Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 1171 dated 16.7.2007. or552

Sundargarh News - My Sambalpur

Coal ministry asks Odisha to expedite action taken report on illegal mining October 9, 2012 News At a time when controversy surrounding block allocations has caught different coal bearing states in a bind, the Ministry of Coal has urged the Odisha government to submit its action taken report at the earliest in connection with illegal coal ...

IELRC.ORG - Mining Instruments - India - State Level

Nagaland Coal Mining Rules, 2005 ; Nagaland Mineral Concession Rules, 2005; Nagaland Coal Policy, 2005 ; Odisha. Odisha Minerals (Prevention of Theft, Smuggling and Illegal Mining and Regulation of Possession, Storage, Trading and Transportation) Amendment Rules, 2021; Operational Guidelines for Stacking, Sampling and Chemical Analysis under ...

NGT forms committee to look into plea alleging illegal ...

The NGT was hearing a plea filed by Odisha resident Sukanti Pradhan and others against illegal mining by Chinmay Kumar Nayak and operation of illegal stone crushers by Kunal Structure (I) Pvt Ltd at Jhilli Mouza in Dhenkanal. According …

illegal-coal-mining News | Latest News on illegal-coal ...

The incident occurred during illegal mining in a closed mine of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), Parbatpur Block under Chandankyari, about 30 kilometers from district headquarters. The survivors came out digging other way out from the mine. Four dig through collapsed mine, come out on their own after 3 days Nov 30, 2021, 05:00 (IST)

Mamata'e nephew has received funds from illegal coal ...

Mamata with Abhishek Banerjee. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a note presented before a special court on Wednesday claimed that incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew, TMC MP from Diamond Harbor Abhishek Banerjee and his family received illicit funds from illegal coal mining in the state. It further stated that the "deep ...

Mining Sector and Its Impact on Odisha Economy: Proper ...

Large scale illegal mining in Orissa has caused damages for the economy as a whole, particularly the life of tribals who are the inhabitants of mining area. Keeping this in view, the paper examines the significance of mining for the growth of the economy and to discuss the sources of corruption in this activities and its socio-economic and ...

India Supreme Court declares coal licences illegal - BBC News

India's Supreme Court has ruled that all coal mining licences awarded between 1993 and 2010 are illegal. Successive governments gave rights to mine coal to state and private companies in a manner ...

'Illegal mining' could soon become legal. Modi …

India's mining law enables the government to recover of the value of minerals extracted illegally. Based on this provision, in August 2017, the Supreme Court of India ordered the recovery of...

Illegal mining in india - SlideShare

Illegal mining in india 1. ILLEGAL MINING IN INDIA Abhishek C. Patil 2. What is mining? Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, lode, vein, (coal) seam or reef, which forms the mineralized horizon and package of economic interest to the miner.

CBI notice to Abhishek Banerjee's wife in illegal coal ...

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials served a notice to West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira Banerjee Sunday in connection with the illegal coal mining case. A five-member team of CBI's anti-corruption branch went to Abhishek …

Talcher coal mine accident: 1 dead, 4 trapped after landslide

The coal mine in Talcher where the incident occurred. Photo: Ashis Senapati. One miner died and at least four are feared dead after a landslide at a coalmine owned by Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd, a public-sector undertaking, in Odisha's Talcher on July 23, 2019. Fourteen workers were in the mine when the incident occurred.

Miner Dies After He Falls Into Illegal Coal Mine Pit In ...

Angul: A mining worker died reportedly after falling into an illegal coal mine pit in the district on Saturday. According to sources, the incident occurred when the worker, Labani Bhutia of Bahalasahi village under Chhendipada police station was returning home after completing his duty in the illegal mine in the same village in the morning.

MCL places order for 50 MW solar power plant in Odisha

MCL is the leading production subsidiary of Coal India, having mining operations in Angul, Jharsuguda and Sundergarh districts of Odisha. Having achieved the highest ever Capital Expenditure of Rs 2419 crore in Financial Year 2020-21, the company has coal production and dispatch targets of 163 million tonne and 182 million tonne respectively.

Illegal Mining's Ground Zero - RuralIndiaOnline

Illegal Mining's Ground Zero. Over the past decade, fuelled by a commodity boom led by exports to China, the iron and manganese ore-rich forests of north Odisha's Eastern Ghats have seen an unprecedented rush to mine. …

14 Odisha coal mines to be auctioned- The New Indian Express

The Centre released its second tranche of auction for commercial coal mining offering 67 mines including 14 blocks from Odisha for sale.

Coal Mine Tragedy in Meghalaya – How dangerous are coal ...

Hazardous rat-hole coal mining is not permitted in Meghalaya after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned it in 2014.Ever since the ban, 144 cases of illegal coal mining and more than 1,500 cases of illegal transportation of coal have been registered in the state.

Definition of 'illegal', recovery of fine: issues in ...

It called the CEC's figures "frightening", and directed the Odisha government to recover, by December 31, value of the illegally extracted …