Category: Coal

Days after Jharkhand government moved the Supreme court, the Chhattisgarh government has raised a red flag to the Centre’s move to make five out of the nine coal blocks in the state available for auction. The state environment minister has written to Prakash Javadekar, the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, that the jungles […]

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 […]

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, state, Coal India and other stakeholders after taking up a suo motu case against coal mining in the Dehing Patkai forest. Hearing two public interest litigations (PILs) filed by some advocates and a mountaineer, the bench comprising Chief Justice Ajay Lamba and Justice Soumitra […]

At least four coal mine workers were killed and several others injured Tuesday in an explosion at the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in Telangana’s Peddapalli district. The workers died when the explosives they were fixing for blasting rocks went off. Of the three persons injured, one was shifted to Karimnagar hospital and two are […]

AS PROTESTS intensify over the prospect of a Coal India subsidiary getting clearance to mine inside Assam’s Dihing Patkai elephant reserve, an expert member who inspected the site on behalf of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has asked the environment ministry to amend the minutes of the last NBWL meeting so that the Board’s […]