Khliehriat (Meghalaya): The East Khasi Hills Truck Owners & Transporters Association and the East Jaintia Hills Limestone Suppliers Association, yesterday met the DC of East Jaintia Hills district demanding action against all overloaded trucks plying on NH-6, the arterial road connecting Guwahati in Assam to Meghalaya and further into Silchar (south Assam), Mizoram and Tripura.
Third body retrieved by Navy divers from coal pit in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills
Guwahati: The Indian Navy divers on Friday evening retrieved the third body from a coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district where at least five labourers were trapped since May 30.
Six coal miners die in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills
Guwahati: Six coal miners have died in an accident inside a coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills.
Meghalaya : 13 labourers feared dead in illegal coal mine flood
Guwahati, Dec 14 (IBNS) : At least 13 labourers are feared dead after getting trapped inside a flooded illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.
Meghalaya: 13 labourers feared dead after flooding in illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills
Guwahati, Dec 14 (IBNS): In spite of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban on unscientific and unsafe coal mining in Meghalaya, at least 13 labourers are feared dead after they were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.