📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Unknown authorUnknown author
Business
Coal Ministry Sends Team to Evaluate Resumption of Mining in Meghalaya
✍️ Business Standard
🗓 11 Oct 2026, 06:33 PM
👁 20
A team from the Ministry of Coal has been dispatched to Meghalaya to assess the feasibility of restarting coal mining operations in the state.
The Ministry of Coal has deployed a technical delegation to Meghalaya to evaluate whether coal mining can be resumed after a prolonged shutdown.
The team will inspect existing infrastructure, review environmental clearances, and estimate potential coal output under current market conditions.
Based on its findings, the ministry will decide whether to issue new mining licences or restart operations in the state.
The team will inspect existing infrastructure, review environmental clearances, and estimate potential coal output under current market conditions.
Based on its findings, the ministry will decide whether to issue new mining licences or restart operations in the state.