Meghalaya Mine Tragedy Renews Spotlight on Banned Rat-Hole Mining Practices
At least 18 labourers were killed on Thursday in a suspected dynamite explosion inside an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, once again drawing attention to the persistence and dangers of rat-hole mining a hazardous practice banned more than a decade ago but still widespread across the state. The blast occurred at […]