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Survey Reveals Pathetic Health Conditions Around Raigarh Coal Mines, Plants -Lakshmi Supriya

-TheWire.in Doctors and activists found a higher than normal incidence of tuberculosis, mental illnesses and arthritis-like joint pains, even among people below the age of 30. Tired, ghoulish bodies moving around in a field of ash casting a blanket of sameness against vast, black mines, broken now and then by the bright yellow of scorching fires – this is what a coal mine looks like. Lighting up the nation comes at a...

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Health and Environmental Impact of coal mining In Chhattisgarh -Rinchin, Dr. Prabir Chatterjee, Dr. Manan Ganguli and Dr. Smarajit Jana

-People  First  Collective, India (PFCI) The report seeks to explore the damaging impact of large scale coal industries in the Chhattisgarh state of India on its people and the environment in which they live in a call for urgent action to rethink policies and practices of meeting energy needs through destructive energy practices in the light of an upsurge of clean, sustainable and healthier options available today. Please click here to read...

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Closely monitor rural roads, PM tells officials in review meeting

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed officials to ensure efficient and stringent monitoring of construction of rural roads and also for quick resolution of complaints received through the 'Meri Sadak' application. Modi took a review meeting on the progress in infrastructure sectors including rural housing, rural roads, coal, mining and rural electrification on Thursday evening, which lasted for more than two and a half hours....

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National Mineral Policy Review - A Golden Chance for Change -Rahul Basu

-TheWire.in While illegal mining is worrying, what is little understood is the enormous loot that is taking place legally. Mineral owners sometimes receive less than 5% of the value of minerals. The three iron ore scams in Karnataka, Goa and Odisha have some things in common. There were widespread and diverse breaches of the constitution, laws, rules and regulations. The environment was badly damaged. The minerals were being exhausted. Enormous corruption was...

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Industry worried about ramifications from Supreme Court's Odisha mining order -Meera Mohanty

-The Economic Times BHUBANESWAR: The Supreme Court’s landmark order imposing an estimated Rs 25,000 crore penalty on iron ore and manganese miners in Odisha continues to rattle the sector, with serious implications for mining operations across the country and clearances obtained in the past. The 144-page order has given ammunition to green activists to seek court orders against mines in Goa and other states, and strengthened their case in ongoing matters in...

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