March 3, 2021. Kohima: Despite coal mining activities taking place, Nagaland has no mechanism in place to check the coal mines, stated a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) 2020-21. The report, tabled in the recently-concluded state assembly, showed that 44 coal mining units in Nagaland operated without permission.
Coal Mining in Nagaland The company is engaged in high quality coal in the state of Nagaland. Its main market is northern states of India. The quality of coal and cost to sale price ratio is very good in Nagaland. Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
The Geology and Mining Department established during the later part of 1968 was entrusted with the task of carrying out mineral exploration and establishing the mineral resources in the State with the ultimate objective of their development for socio-economic benefit of the people of the State. The important minerals discovered so far include ...
The officials said the victims were all unarmed civilians working in coal mines. Of them, six were killed on the spot and two critically injured. ... The Nagaland Police on its own filed an FIR against the 21st Para Special Force of the Army on Monday. The case was registered under Sections 302/307/34 of the IPC, relating to murder, attempt to ...
NAGALAND WATER POLICY. Nagaland Water Policy 2016 (122 KB) Notification of DGM as the Nodal Department for Groundwater Management.pdf (21KB) NAGALAND COAL POLICY. Nagaland Coal Policy-2005.pdf (723 KB) Latest Nagaland Coal Policy (First Amendment) 2014.pdf (19 ) NAGALAND COAL MINING RULES, 2005. Coal Mining …
"On the evening of 4th December around 1610 hours, when eight villagers were returning home from coal mining work at Tiru in a pick-up truck, they were ambushed and killed by Security Forces (reportedly, 21st Para Special Force based in Assam) at random, apparently without any attempt for identification," the report, submitted to the state government on …
coal mining in north eastern coal mines of Meghalaya, India (Swer and Singh 2004). Based on a study in the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in Meghalaya, India, it is revealed that coal mining has adversely affected the veg-etation and the density of trees, shrubs and herbs in mined areas (Sarma and Barik 2011).
A coal mine in Nagaland Photo : Dolly Kikon. During my doctoral fieldwork along the Assam-Nagaland foothill border between 2009-2011, I visited the coal mines in Mon district. The winters are cold and dusty. The Konyak coal miners in the coal sites were covered in soot and sweat. By December, the coal mining season coincided with several social ...
A A A In order to have systematic development and to contain rampant illegal mining the Nagaland Coal Policy (NCP) was formulated in the year 2006 and under this policy most of the mines are brought under the licensing policy of the state with the Geology and Mining department issuing Coal Prospecting Licenses (CPL) and Coal Mining Leases (CML).
1 The commission criticized lapses of the state Mines & Minerals Department. It resented that though the Rules under Section 23C of MMDR Act, namely Minerals Regulation & Dealers Rules 2020 to regulate the possession and storage, trading transportation came into force on March 11, 2021, the department did not frame it despite allegations of illegal coal mining …
The Army made no attempt to ascertain the identity of the civilians returning from work on a pick-up truck before shooting them in Nagaland's Mon district on Saturday, a joint report by the state's Director General of Police (DGP) T John Longkumer and Commissioner Rovilatuo Mor has said.. Quoting eyewitnesses, the two top officials have said villagers found …
Tsurang, a major river in the Mokokchung district of Nagaland, northeast India, shares great aspects of traditional importance for the Ao Naga tribes and is a part of natural commodity providing water to the agrarian community for irrigation and livestock rearing. However, various environment detrimental activities are practiced along the course of the …
Naginimora is a town in Nagaland, India. It is situated 11 km away from Kongan village in Mon District.It shares border with Bihubar in Assam on the economical corridor.. The name of the town is derived from the words "Nagini Mara or NaginiMora", which mean "the death of a Naga woman"(Source: research manuscript of Konang, N.S.) . Formerly known as Lekan, …
The rampant coal mining in Nagaland, coupled with waste discharge from tea estates and encroachment have been sounding death knells for River Bhogdoi in Assam. The river, one of the south bank tributaries of the mighty river Brahmaputra, originates from Mokokchung in Nagaland where it is also known as Tsujenyong nullah.
This Coal Mining Lease (CMC) for operating mini opencast mining is granted under the following terms and conditions, that the CML holder shall strictly abide by the provisions of the Nagaland (Ownership and Transfer of Land and its Resources Act, 1990, the Nagaland Coal Policy and Rules (First Amendment) 2014 and the Mining Lease Agreement;
Konyaks, the largest tribe in Nagaland, were fired upon when they were returning from coal mines to their home in Oting in Mon district. After the killing of 14 innocent Konyak civilians by 21 special para commando force last week in Oting village of Mon district of Nagaland, little is known about Nagaland, its history, culture, freedom ...
The report refers to the killing of coal miners, all members of Nagaland's Konyak tribe, who were returning home after work on December 4, 2021. ... when eight villagers were returning home from coal mining work at Tiru in a pick-up truck, they were ambushed and killed by Security Forces (reportedly, 21st Para Special Force based in Assam) at ...
Coal is one of the biggest mineral resources Nagaland has. Tertiary coal has been found in Borjan in Mon district, according to the board. The geological Survey of India and the state's department has established a reserve of 59 million tonnes of coal in total, the document says. Coal is also found in Mokokchung and Tuensang.
Auction process for 40 new coal mines to begin next week: Govt The Army made no attempt to ascertain the identity of the civilians returning from work on a pick-up truck before shooting them in Nagaland's Mon on Saturday, a joint report by the state's Director General of Police (DGP) T John Longkumer and Commissioner Rovilatuo Mor has ...