Coal Mine

The sub-divisional officer, the officer-in-charge of the Kharsang police station, and the assistant mineral development officer formed a sub-divisional level task team that raided an unlicensed LAMC coke factory in Changlang district. The Namchik-Namphuk coal mine is 900 meters away from this plant, which is purportedly using coal from an illegal mining site. Two weeks before the attack, the facility had just reopened after being closed in 2023 due to objections from GeoEnpro Petroleum Ltd. There were serious safety and legal issues because the factory was close to one of the company's drilling wells. Concurrently, the Shillong regional office of…