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Three Workers Suffocate to Death in Illegal Gujarat Coal Mine

14 Jul 2024

Three laborers died of asphyxiation at an illegal coal mine in Surendranagar, Gujarat, police reported. A case has been registered against four individuals for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and efforts are underway to apprehend them, an official stated. The victims, Lakshman Dabhi (35), Khodabhai Makwana (32), and Viram...

Locals protest Jamkani coal mining, seek compensation in Odisha

06 Nov 2022

Hundreds of villagers in Odisha's Sundargarh district clashed with police on Saturday, demanding additional compensation for the land they had to give up for coal mining. This led to a fight between the villagers and the authorities. Additionally, they asked that Vedanta cease mining at a coal block that was...