Trapped Miners: Illegal coal mining inseparable part of ...
Dec 31, 2018· Guwahati: The public furore over 15 labourers trapped inside a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district since December 13 has sharpened focus on illegal coal mining in the state despite a ban clamped by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014 which is said to have contributed to the Congress defeat in the recent assembly election.