— Meghalaya government has commenced an investigation into suspected illegal coal mining operations in South West Khasi Hills district. A detailed inquiry has been ordered by the Secretary of the Mining and Geology department, with a …

 — The quantum of coal unscientifically mined was mentioned to be 23,25,663.54 MT. The court went through the seventh report of the Committee appointed by the Tribunal on restoration of the environment and …

 — This committee, led by retired Justice Brojendra Katakey and appointed by the High Court, has uncovered ongoing illicit rat-hole coal mining and its unlawful transportation in Meghalaya. The mining technique involves small tunnels, typically 3–4 feet in diameter, where individuals, particularly children, extract coal.

 — In the Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya's coal country, where 15 workers have been trapped in an illegal mine since December 13, sports utility vehicles, usually shiny and black, are the conveyance...

 — SHILLONG, Aug 22: East Jaintia Hills is known to be a coal mining hub of Meghalaya. 65-year-old Self Denial Lyngdoh grew up seeing coal mining in his village Moopala under Elaka Sutnga in East Jaintia Hills. He too comes from a family of miners and that was the only trade they knew.

 — Despite a ban on rat-hole mining of coal in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, illegal coal continues to be extracted and moved across borders of Meghalaya. Illegal coal mining has not only been a nemesis to the environment but also a threat to human lives.

 — SHILLONG, Aug 23: Coal traders and laborers in West Khasi Hills are hopeful that the long-awaited resumption of coal mining through scientific methods will soon commence, after enduring a decade of hardship following the National Green Tribunal's ban on ban on unscientific mining of coal.

 — Illegal coal mining is continuing in the state with no respite despite the proactiveness shown by the Meghalaya High Court to stop it. Residents of West Khasi Hills district have reported unabated illegal rat hole mining in about five coal mining rich areas of West Khasi Hills district.

the legal policy of mining in Meghalaya, there exists only Meghalaya Mines & Mineral Policy, 2012 and Meghalaya Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. Notification, 2015. Hence, the rat-hole coal mining goes unabated under the tribal people's property right and cultural right to extract and exploit coal and other mineral resources in the state.

 — SHILLONG, June 23: The state government has directed the deputy commissioner of South West Khasi Hills to conduct an inquiry into allegations of illegal coal mining in the district and submit a detailed report within seven days.