Rat Hole Mine

Illegal coal mining continues in Assam's Ledo-Margherita with support from police officials, local politicians

Illicit coal mining has been continuing on a much larger scale at a remote corner of Assam for the past several years.

Day 25 of Meghalaya mine mishap: No headway in reducing water level in shaft as pumps develop technical glitches

The high-powered pumps of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd installed at the Meghalaya mine on Saturday to pump out water from the main shaft, where the miners are trapped since 13 December, developed glitches and could not function the whole day.

'Trapped Meghalaya miners should be brought out dead or alive': Supreme Court pulls up state govt over plight of workers

The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Meghalaya government over the plight of the 15 miners who have been trapped in a rat hole coal mine since 13 December. The bench expressed its displeasure over the inadequate steps taken by the state to rescue the workers in the flooded quarry.