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First Scientific Coal Mining Block
March 28 , 2025
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- The Meghalaya state government has inaugurated the first ‘scientific’ coal mining block at Saryngkham-A in the Byndihati area of the East Jaintia Hills district.
- The Wahkhian and Rashiang rivers drain the area.
- The Wahkhian, a tributary of the Wailong river, flows along the southern boundary of the coal block.
- The Supreme Court and the NGT have banned the hazardous rat-hole coal mining in April 2014.
- The finding of an NGT-appointed committee showed that around 24,000 illegal rat-hole coal mines were still operational in the state by the end of 2024.
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