Five Miners Trapped in Meghalaya Coal Mine
Hazardous rat-hole coal mining is not permitted in Meghalaya after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned it in 2014.
Rescue personnel at the illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. Credit: Special arrangement
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Shillong: Four Miners from Assam and one from Tripura were feared to be trapped after a dynamite blast led to the flooding of a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, a senior police officer said.
Silchar superintendent of Police in Assam had sent information about the possible trapping of six miners from Assam in the mine accident on Sunday.
Illegal Rat-Hole Coal Mining Continues in Meghalaya, 6 Miners from Assam Feared Trapped
Disaster management teams of the police and fire departments, besides service personnel of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), have been sent to the area.
| 1 Jun 2021 6:58 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: Six miners from Assam were feared trapped inside a coal mine after it collapsed in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills district.
According to reports, the miners were involved in illegal rat-hole mining. Information has emanated from SP Silchar that 6 persons from Assam are trapped in a coal mine in EJ Hills. The mine has been identified at Sutnga interior, under Umpleng Anti-Dacoity camp, and search operations are on, Meghalaya Police posted on Twitter. The Silchar SP had stated that the incident took place on Sunday night. The district police were able to identify the probable location of the spot at around 0600 hrs on May 31. The delay in identification of the probable site was due to incleme
Daily Times
May 9, 2021
Should the seizure of some 2.5 kilogrammes of unprocessed uranium from four Nepalese nationals and the arrest of Nepalese nationals in Kathmandu ring alarm internationally? Of course.
Why? Because India is a major beneficiary of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) as well as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency and by implication must have strict surveillance system over radio-active materials.
Alarm is called for also because one of the arrested persons claimed that her father-in-law had “brought the material from India some 20 years ago”, where he worked in a uranium mine.
Imagine the kind of noise that Indian and western media would have raised had some one arrested elsewhere linked the radioactive materials with Pakistan!
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Candidates appearing for the test can visit megpolice.gov.in and check their admit cards.
The test is scheduled from April 5 to June 2, 2021.
The Meghalaya Police has uploaded the admit card of Physical Efficiency Test (PET) on its official website. Candidates appearing for the test can visit megpolice.gov.in and check their admit cards. Candidates who will qualify for the PET will be called the Meghalaya written test followed by an interview.
The test is scheduled to be held from April 5 to June 2, 2021 in 1st MLP Bn, Mawiong Shillong and from April 19 to June 4 in 2nd MLP Bn, Goeragre Tura.
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The written examination was conducted on February 28, 2021.
Candidates who have appeared for the test can visit mahaarogyabharti.com and check the result and answer key for the same.
The candidates having any answer key related query can mail at answerkeyissue@gmail.com
The Maharashtra, Public Health Department has released the result and answer key of the written exam held for various Group C posts such Non-Medical Assistant, House and Linen Keeper, Plumber, Store cum Linen Keeper, Tailor, Telephone Operator, ANM, Laboratory Assistant Electrician (Transport) and Electrician (Circles) on its official website.
Candidates who have appeared for the test can visit mahaarogyabharti.com and check the result and answer key for the same. The exam was conducted on February 28, 2021. Candidates having any answer key-related query can mail at answerkeyissue@gmail.com.