The mine closes but the transition is far from over The mine closes but the transition is far from over Kundan Pandey17 Aug 2026JharkhandJust Transitions India’s mine-closure framework has expanded in recent years, with new guidelines and initiatives focusing on scientific closure, ecological restoration, post-mining land use and community participation.Of the 147 coal mines identified […]
टीआरएन एनर्जी को लैलूंगा के लारीपानी में गड्ढों का भराव करने के लिए अनुमति दी गई थी। कंपनी ने राखड़ तो डाल दिया लेकिन उसके ऊपर मिट्टी डालकर समतलीकरण नहीं किया। जब बारिश हुई तो राखड़ भी बहकर खेतों में चला गया। इसकी शिकायत आने पर पर्यावरण विभाग की टीम ने स्थल निरीक्षण किया। पाया […]
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/madhya-pradesh/2026/Jul/31/bhopal-gas-tragedy-survivors-groups-allege-sewage-contaminated-water-supply-civic-body-denies-claim Bhopal gas tragedy survivors’ groups allege sewage-contaminated water supply; civic body denies claim Four organisations presented a report claiming nearly 70% of drinking water samples from affected areas tested positive for faecal coliform, indicating faecal contamination. Image used for representational purposes only.(File Photo) Express News Service Updated on: 31 July 2026 BHOPAL: Four organisations associated […]
The accident site is hardly 5km from Mundakkai and Chooralmala villages, where a devastating landslide claimed at least 254 lives in 2024. A video clip showed the mound of mud, which had accumulated near Meenakshi Bridge, suddenly collapsing in the rain, bursting through the barricades set up near the tunnel construction site, bringing down trees […]
The Deadly Reality of Jharkhand’s Abandoned Coalfields Defunct and abandoned coal mines that should have undergone scientific closure instead ignore the plight of communities living amid toxic gas leaks and land subsidence. Tapasya Edited by : Mayank Aggarwal July 5, 2026 Dhanbad: India was gearing up to welcome 2026. But Surendra Singh never saw the […]
https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/fire-on-naphtha-pipeline-engulfs-shanties-disrupts-haldia-rail-services-prnt/cid/2168013 HPL, located around 125km from Calcutta, is a naphtha-based petrochemical complex. According to petrochemical sources, naphtha was being transported through the pipeline from a vessel anchored at Haldia Port to the refinery when the accident occurred. Residents claimed they had noticed a strong smell of gas from Monday evening and had alerted security personnel. […]
https://countercurrents.org/2026/06/ammonia-gas-leak-tragedy-industrial-negligence-and-governmental-inaction Yet again, due to habitual industrial negligence, Tamil Nadu has witnessed ammonia gas leak tragedy at St. Peter’s Paul Seafood Exports, a shrimp processing plant located at Kannigaipair near Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, which allegedly claimed two lives and left more than sixty workers hospitalized with severe respiratory complications is not merely […]
https://www.etvbharat.com/en/state/korbas-lifeline-crisis-how-fly-ash-from-power-plants-is-polluting-the-hasdeo-river-in-chhattisgarh-enn26052202868 May 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM IST Korba: Often referred to as the power capital of Chhattisgarh, Korba is fighting with a growing environmental crisis as repeated ash pond breaches from thermal power plants continue to pollute the Hasdeo River, a crucial water source for thousands of people. The latest case in point is […]
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These bursts of fly ash contaminated water occur every few years. This one has killed people in addition to affecting the Hasdeo River and numerous villages. If one places 9 thermal power plants in one small town there is bound to be huge quantities of toxic waste. And a huge open air coal mine at […]