Meghalaya Miners: 2 Months Later, Centre To Finally Airlift 100HP Pumps & Call In Army, SC Told [Read Order]

akanksha jain

8 Feb 2019 10:37 PM IST

The court also directed Coal India and the state of Meghalaya to provide a list of all illegal mines operating in the area, issues notice to owner of illegal rat-hole mine

Almost two months after 15 poor labourers got trapped in a flooded illegal rat-hole mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills district, the Centre on Friday accepted the suggestion of airlifting 100 HP capacity pumps to the nearest point of the site and install them "at the earliest" with the help of the Army authorities while the Supreme Court called for a list of all illegal mines in...

Meghalaya Miners: 2 Months Later, Centre To Finally Airlift 100HP Pumps & Call In Army, SC Told [Read Order]

akanksha jain

The court also directed Coal India and the state of Meghalaya to provide a list of all illegal mines operating in the area, issues notice to owner of illegal rat-hole mine

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