Workers died in Meghalaya’s rat-hole coal mines, after the NGT banned the practice in 2014.
An explosion in an illegally operated rat-hole coal mine in the Meghalaya East Jayanti Hills district.
History
| July 2012 |
Underground steam flooded. In the South Garo Hill district, killing 15 miners.
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| Dec. 2013 |
5 deaths after cable car mechanism breaks in East Jayantiya Hills District
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| Dec. 2018 |
At least 15 deaths in a flooded mine in East Jaintia Hills.
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| Jan. 2021 |
6 killed after failure of crane brakes in East Jayantiya Hills district.
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| May 2021 |
Five miners died after a dynamite blast caused flooding of a mine in the East Jayantiya Hill district.
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| Jan 2025 |
At least three were killed on the Assam-Meghalaya border when a mine wall collapsed.
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| Feb 2026 |
16 died after a dynamite Blast trapped them
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