Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Prestone Tynsong has assured that the state government is taking aggressive action to curb illegal coal mining in Meghalaya.
The East Jaintia Hills district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)
banning assembly of more than five persons in and around suspected illegal mining sites at Thangsko village.
The death toll in the Thangkso coal mine explosion in East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya, has risen to 27, with the recovery of two more bodies from the site, according to the State Disaster Management Authority.
Eight people have been admitted to two hospitals in Shillong, following a dynamite explosion at an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district on February 5.
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has announced a comprehensive inquiry into the explosion at an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills, where 16 bodies have been recovered so far.
