The Conversation notes that, while digging holes in sand might seem innocent, if the hole is deep enough and collapses on a ...

Rats dig holes to build burrows, not just search for food. Learn how to spot rat activity, remove them, and prevent future infestations in your yard.

A serious water crisis is also brewing on the plateau, mostly due to unscientific mining activities. Thousands of miners have lost lives while engaged in rat-hole mining after they got trapped due to ...

Regarding the rat-hole mining in the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary and other protected areas and reserve forests in Assam's Tinsukia district, the minister said the National Green Tribunal ...

Illegal rat-hole coal mining continues to devastate forests in Assam, exacerbated by difficult terrain, inter-state border issues, and the “hostile nature of offenders,” the minister had stated.

Civil employes drew on their small savings, borrowed on their property, went to moneylenders for cash at 10% interest per month.

Authorities have dismantled over 250 illegal rat-hole mines in Assam in the course of a week in a crackdown on illegal mining in the state after at least nine workers died earlier this month when such ...

Assam: Police Continues Operation Against Illegal Rat Hole Mining, Another 6 Persons Arrested The illegal coal mining operation in Umrangso, which resulted in a mishap on January 6, left at least ...

Eight miners still trapped in rat-hole coal mine. Rescue operations by multiple state and central agencies continued for the fourth day on Thursday (January 9) to locate trapped miners inside an ...

Assam rat hole mine rescue On Monday (January 6) morning, nine workers aged between 26 and 57 got trapped in a coal mine in 3 Kilo, Umrangso, in the hilly Dima Hasao district.

The biggest tragedy in recent memories was the death of 15 miners in a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya’s Ksan area on December 13, 2018.