Meghalaya police told to hunt down financiers of illegal coal trade
Meghalaya authorities have launched a crackdown on illegal coal mining financiers following a series of fatal accidents in the East Jaintia Hills. Officials are seizing equipment and targeting the political figures behind the operations to curb the dangerous rat-hole mining trade.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing struggle between environmental regulation, worker safety, and powerful political interests in India's mining sector.
The police in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, the hub of rat-hole coal mining, have been told to go beyond the labourers to hunt down financiers and owners of the illegal coal trade.
The report focuses on administrative actions and legal directives without taking a partisan stance on the government's performance.
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