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Rat-hole coal mine – Assam
January 17 , 2025
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- Recently some workers trapped and died in a flooded rat-hole coal mine at Dima Hasao district in Assam.
- It is an unscientific and illegal form of mining prevalent in some parts of the North-East.
- It is called the rat-hole mining because the tunnels are narrow and allow the movement of only one person.
- The underground passages are interconnected but they become veritable traps for workers when the mines collapse or flood.
- In 2014, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned rat-hole mining.
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