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Mining disaster leaves 3 dead [1]

TURA: An attempt to extract coal from a used mine shaft in Siju area of South Garo Hills proved disastrous for a group of locals when three of them reportedly lost their lives after inhaling toxic fumes deep inside the coal pit several hundred feet below the surface of the ground. Among the dead was the owner of the mine.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2011
Shillong Times (Shillong) [2]
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South Garo Hills [3], Mining Accident [4], National Parks [5], Coal [6], Ecology [7], NGO [8], Mining [9]
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