About this document
Meghalaya Mine Accident Overview 2018 by m vaman nayak is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes a mine accident that occurred in December 2018 in Meghalaya, India where over two dozen miners were trapped underground after water flooded the illegal coal mine they were working in. Illegal "rat hole" mining techniques were being used where miners dig narrow horizontal tunnels to extract coal. Rescue operations took over two months to recover three bodies, while the rest remain missing. The accident highlighted issues with lack of enforcement of mining regulations and oversight in
- Author
- m vaman nayak
- Language
- EN