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

Rat-hole mining, once widely used for coal extraction, was banned in India in 2014. More from News A team of "rat miners" successfully rescued the 41 men who had been stranded in a highway tunnel ...

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

This development comes as the state continues its transition away from the controversial and hazardous rat-hole mining ...

Further updates are awaited as rescue efforts continue around the clock. Rat-hole mining is a method of coal extraction commonly practiced in Meghalaya. It involves digging narrow, horizontal ...

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said eleven more miners are all set to get the mining opening permission for ...

The term is derived from its likeness to rats burrowing through narrow holes. Rat-hole mining was banned in 2014 by the National Green Tribunal, the statutory body dealing with environmental ...

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Tuesday said 11 more coal miners are set to get approval to begin scientific mining in the state after three others have already begun mining coal legally.

In a significant breakthrough for Meghalaya's mining sector, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma virtually inaugurated the state’s first scientific coal mine in East Jaintia Hills on Monday.

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has strongly condemned the Assam government’s statement in the Assam Legislative Assembly regarding the presence of 263 illegal rat-hole coal mining sites in Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong.