: Meghalaya’s never-ending stock of coal extracted until an April 2014 ban on rat-hole mining could be a “game” played by the State government and Coal India Limited, the High Court of Meghalaya has indicated.
The Court gave the State government seven days from August 25 to indicate the quantities of previously-mined coal lying in each of the sites referred to in a report by a panel appointed to monitor coal-related issues and suggest measures. The panel is headed by retired judge B.P. Katakey.
The directive of the Court came amidst allegations that coal continues to be extracted illegally and transported but shown as mined almost a decade ago.
