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The mine has been determined to be an illegal operation, being previously leased by the Assam Mineral Development Corporation (AMDC) but has been abandoned 12 years ago. Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the incident. The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said that the mine "prima facie appears to be an illegal ...
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This lists of mines in India is subsidiary to the list of mines article, and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marbles and other quarries may be included in this list. In India, the underground mine to surface mine ratio is 20:80 [citation needed].
The government initiated the crackdown on illicit mining in December 2023 through Operation Vala Umgodi (meaning "close the hole" in isiZulu). The abandoned mines had been taken over by gangs ...
Rescuers in India are racing against time to bring out miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in the north-eastern state of Assam. Three of the nine men inside were feared dead, Reuters ...
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The disaster was caused by an explosion at 1:35pm that weakened the wall between the mine pit and another, abandoned mine above it that was full of water. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] By one estimate at the time, around 110 million imperial gallons (500,000 m 3 ) of water flooded in, at a rate of 7 million imperial gallons (32,000 m 3 ) minute. [ 1 ]
Another major problem is fire in the abandoned mines. One such mine at Brindabanpur, 50 m from NH 19 and 100 m from the Grand Chord railway track, was on fire in 2014. Woken up by the noise of explosions, the residents alerted the Mugma Area offices of ECL. They came and took action to extinguish the fire and fill up the abandoned mine.