AP gives notice to over 2500 units for flouting pollution norms

AP gives notice to over 2500 units for flouting pollution norms

One cannot say this for the rest of India, but in Andhra Pradesh, the state Pollution Control Board is on its toes! Mining and Industrial projects are under scrutiny for non-compliance with environmental and pollution norms. A whopping number of 2,680 mining and industrial projects have been issued notices by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control […]

Who killed Suresh Oraon?

Who killed Suresh Oraon?

Ranchi: Once a crusader, always a crusader – that would sum up who Suresh Oraon was. The larger question is this: who was behind his assassination? The 30-year-old Central Coalfields (CCL) employee, who had invoked the RTI Act in his fight against displacement in the past, was shot dead during a prayer meeting at Piparwar […]

Lalmatia Mine death toll at 10

Lalmatia Mine death toll at 10

Godda (Jharkhand): Ten miners were killed and an unspecified number feared trapped when a massive mound of earth came crashing down on them at Lalmatia open cast coal mine of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) (Dec 29), the worst such disaster in over a decade. Heavy machinery was deployed as rescuers, including those from the NDRF, […]

Mine roof collapses on 4 workers

Mine roof collapses on 4 workers

Dhanbad: Four workers suffered injuries, two of them seriously, when the roof of a mine partially collapsed at Putki Balihari area in Dhanbad district(Dec 29). The mine belongs to Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. A senior district official said the four contractual workers were taking cable to a shaft […]