Tag: Trapped
No Country For Miners: The Death of Miners in India’s ‘Banned’ Rat-Hole Mines
The mining sector is poorly regulated and hardly has any adherence to the safety standards to ensure that miners have safety of working conditions. The recent entrapment of fifteen miners in a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya and their subsequent deaths makes the discussion on India’s mining sector relevant.
Meghalaya Mines Turn into Death Chambers for Workers
Twenty days have passed since fifteen miners were trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya. The search for them goes on amid political buck-passing.
