New Delhi, July 26 -- The Meghalaya High Court has expressed serious concern over the disappearance of nearly 4,000 metric tonnes of illegally mined coal from 2 depots located in Rajaju and Diengngan villages.
Despite official records confirming the coal's presence, most of the stock has vanished, prompting the court to demand that state authorities identify those responsible.
According to the 31st interim report by the Justice (Retd) BP Katakey Committee monitoring coal mining and transportation in Meghalaya, ground verification revealed only a fraction of the previously recorded coal stock. At Diengngan, just 2.5 MT remained compared to the 1,839.03 MT documented by the Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA). Similarly, Rajaju sho...