Dibrugarh: Despite the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banning rat-hole mining, the illegal practice continues unabated in the Margherita-Ledo area of eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district. The recent tragic collapse of a rat-hole mine in Dima Hasao should have served as a stark warning, but it appears no lessons have been learned. Sources indicate that illegal mining […]
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Avik Chakraborty is Northeast Now Correspondent in Dibrugarh. He can be reached at: [email protected]