The Arunachal Pradesh State government got into lease agreement for coal mining in Changlang district of staye after the approval from Government of India. Arunachal Pradesh state government has accorded for grant of mining lease of Namchik-Namphuk Coal mines, Kharsang in Changlang district. The ceremony was held in a city hotel at Itanagar wherein host of officers from Environment and Forest department,Geology and Mining among others were present. The ceremony was also witnessed by gracious pre

An ongoing protest against a coal mining project in the Tamnar block of Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district turned violent Saturday, with incidents of stone-pelting, vandalism and arson. According to police, tensions escalated at the Jindal Coal Handling Plant (CHP) chowk in Libra village, where protests and road blockade have been underway since December 12. Villagers from 14 affected villages under the (Gare Pelma) Sector-I coal block in Tamnar area have been staging a sit-in protest at CHP chowk