New Delhi: The controversy surrounding the expansion of the Bina opencast coal project in Sonbhadra has intensified. Residents have raised serious concerns about the transparency of public hearings, compliance with environmental clearance terms and the rising pollution. New Delhi: The controversy surrounding the expansion of the proposed Bina opencast coal mining project in Sonbhadra district, Uttar […]
Tucked along the southern Bhutan border with India, Pasakha Industrial Estate under Chhukha Dzongkhag was established in 1988. Today, it stands as the country’s largest industrial estate, covering about 146 acres and hosting 26 factories. Its proximity to raw materials and the Indian border has provided easy access to manufacturing and export markets, making it […]
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https://www.reporters-collective.in/trc/india-is-becoming-worlds-waste-tyre-furnace Morena & Bhopal: Just as the western wind begins to blow towards Lohgarh Panchayat in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, a miasma of foul smell emerges. The bad odour slowly spreads everywhere, depriving the villagers of their sleep after the day’s hard work, and those who hit their hay in the courtyards of their houses are […]
He worked 4 years in Ramming Mass industry at Dhalbhumgarh. 51 have died in Chakulia and Dhalbhumgarh. There are 229 silicosis affected workers from Dhalbhumgarh and 117 from Chakulia according to Samit Carr of OSHAJ.
https://thewire.in/rights/coal-mafia-silent-authorities-underreported-deaths-inside-the-illegal-mining-in-bengals-asansol Madhu Sudan Chatterjee On January 13, three individuals, including a woman, died after being trapped in a coal mine collapse at the Barira open-cast coal mine in Kulti near Asansol – one of West Bengal’s largest mining hubs – while they were illegally extracting coal. The deceased were identified as Gita Bauri (35) of […]
Summary A carbon monoxide (CO) gas leak that began in December 2025 in the Kenduadih area of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, has once again exposed the long-standing dangers associated with the Jharia Coalfield. Kenduadih lies within the Jharia Coalfield, where coal mining began in 1894 during the British era. The first underground fire was recorded in 1916 […]
Sewage and Disaster https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2026/Jan/19/delhi-spends-rs-231-cr-to-tap-hill-rain-in-yamuna-but-not-a-drop-flows-in Twenty-nine years ago, the governments of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for tapping monsoon flows in the Renukaji, Kishau, and Lakhwar dams to ease Delhi’s water shortage. However, till today the plan remains on paper, with no work started to direct the flows to the […]
https://thewire.in/political-economy/a-system-to-identify-illegal-mining-raises-hundreds-of-alerts-governments-sleep-on-half-of-them by Mahmodul Hasan India’s satellite-based mine surveillance system is failing to help control illegal mining, not just because it has limitations, but due to what looks like apathetic governments in the most heavily-mined states and regions. Each time a question is raised in parliament about action taken to tackle illegal mining, rampant in the country, the […]