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

The region’s terrain made mechanised extraction difficult, leading to a proliferation of rat-hole mines. This hazardous method involves digging narrow tunnels that are barely large enough for a ...

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

In a tragic incident in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, at least three miners were feared killed while 17 others are still trapped in a flooded rat-hole mine in the 3 Kilo area of Umrangso in Assam.

A regional party in poll-bound Meghalaya has indicated that bringing the State under the purview of Article 371 could help resume rat-hole coal mining, which has been banned since April 2014.

The Assam government is carrying out an operation to close rat-hole coal mines in the state, following the tragedy in the Dima Hasao district, officials said on Thursday. At least nine labourers were ...

Guwahati: State govt submitted a preliminary response to the suo moto petition taken by Gauhati high court over the rat-hole coal mine disaster in Assam's Dima Hasao, regarding the steps taken to ...

Tinsukia, Jan 23 (PTI) The Assam government is carrying out an operation to close rat-hole coal mines in the state, following the tragedy in the Dima Hasao district, officials said on Thursday. At ...

Said he: “Everyone stays asleep. . . . They talk politics, of getting somebody out of office. . . . They saw they would be putting their money down a rat hole with the present politicians in ...