Close on the heels of protests against its operations in Assam’s Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve, the North Eastern Coalfields (NEC), a Coal India Limited (CIL) subsidiary, has said it is temporarily suspending all mining operations.
An order from the office of the General Manager, NEC, said: “All mining operations in North Eastern Coalfields, Coal India Limited, Margherita are hereby temporarily suspended w.e.f. 03.06.2020.”
The NEC has two existing open cast coal mining projects — one in Tirap Colliery in Arunachal Pradesh and the other in Tikok Colliery in Assam.
