Three coal miners including the owner of the mine died in remote Siju area of South Garo Hills after inhaling toxic fumes while attempting to extract the mineral, a delayed report said.

There is virtually no communication link in the remote jungle area which is on the periphery of the Balpakram National Park.

The tragedy occurred on August 24, at a place called Garogittim, 4 kms from Siju market, but the news began to trickle in only on Monday after two of the miners managed to come out alive and informed the villagers about the mishap.

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on Friday rejected the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) proposal for exploratory drilling for uranium in Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya after stiff opposition from various quarters.

NEW DELHI: A uranium mining project in Meghalaya proposed by the Department of Atomic Energy has been rejected by the National Board on Wildlife (NBWL) due to strong opposition from local communities and civil society groups.

THE DEPARTMENT of atomic energy will have to shelve its plans to augment the domestic supply of uranium from Meghalaya. The standing committee of the National Board on Wildlife has rejected the department

The Environment Ministry today rejected a proposal of the Department of Atomic Energy to mine for uranium in Meghalaya

BNP mining

SHILLONG: Denying reports that the State Wildlife Board is supporting the move of the DAE to go ahead with the proposed drilling inside the Balpakram National Park, a senior Forest Department official said there was a communication gap as the statements of NBWL seems to be contradictory.

SHILLONG: The South Asian Primate Network (SAPN), a representative of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has urged the Ministry of Environment and Forests to reconsider the proposal by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to de-notify an area of eight sq km on the Rongcheng plateau in Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya, South Garo Hills for exploratory drilling of uraniu

SHILLONG: The State Government on Tuesday allayed the concern of NGOs and people of Garo Hills over the Centre's move to go for exploratory mining for uranium in Balpakram National Park (BNP) saying that "nothing will be done which hurts the people's sentiment."