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Not only in terms of humanity, this mining also violates the existing law. None
of these rat hole mining has a lease. They are not listed on paper. All of them operate
without environmental permission from the environment ministry or from the pollution
control board. This mining is carried out arbitrarily causing water pollution in the
meghalaya area.
Because the mining activities carried out are so out of control, it is not
surprising why there are so many disasters and tragedies that occur as a result of this
mining in the Meghalaya region. As one of the cases that ate 15 miners who were
trapped underground for 35 days since December 13, 2018 due to flooding as deep as
350 feet that occurred in the tunnel due to faults in the excavation line which is actually
a source of ground water.
Since the first day the disaster was reported, rescue forces ranging from the navy,
professional divers, experts, to other rat hole miners have been trying to save the lives of 15
miners. They have made various endless efforts due to the extreme terrain that must be passed
to reach the location of the victims and the depth of the flood which for professional divers is
also impossible to dive into. Until the 14th day the community smelled the foul odor of corpses
from the mouse pits and on day 35 rescuers found the 15 miners' bodies after the flood waters
receded.
The most ridiculous thing about the case is that since the first day the case
surfaced, the Indian government was not focused on finding a way out to save the
miners, but they were more focused on the arrest of several people consisting of miners
to the prime minister who was accused of being the mastermind behind the mining this.
Even the government is also trying to cover up the case from the public which illustrates
that the Indian government does not care about the lives of its 15 people.
Judging from the behavior of the government, this case is seen as a political
play that occurred in the government circles to fight for positions in the government.
These politicians took advantage of the situation to make a profit for them by playing
their part by finding fault with James such as the other prime minister at that time and
adding spices to them by capturing some rat hole miners to perfect the play they
designed. Even the news of the trapping of 15 miners is not very important news
published in the media publication. Starting from a short duration on television news that
only broadcast the first 3 days and the last 1 day the case took place, and a small place
in the national newspaper.
On the other hand the government said that the length of time the victims were
evacuated was due to the lack of adequate tools to carry out the rescue, the location
extras that had to be taken and the lack of budget provided by the central government
for this rescue. The government explained that the lack of budget provided by the
central government caused rescue equipment and rescue workers to be provided only
modestly, this was due to the decline in the country's GDP during 2017-2018 from
2140.20 to 1987 USD. The government also said that it was a punishment from God for
violating existing laws regarding mining which prohibit all illegal mining activities and
carry out mining activities without writing on paper.
If seen from the government's explanation that the difficult terrain that must be
taken to rescue the victims, then how the same thing happened in Thailand in early
2018 where a group of young boys and their soccer coaches who were also trapped but
could be rescued within 2 weeks only. Supposedly, at the time of the news about the
trapping of the miners India should learn a lot from how the rescue that occurred in
Thailand. Starting from adequate tools instead of focus to create an alibi to eliminate
traces of their lies
"We have submitted a request for a high-powered pump, but the information I
have is very vague. Rescue operations are being carried out by different departments,
"Interior Minister Meghalaya, James Sangma told NDTV. From his words, it is clear that
the Indian government, especially Meghalaya, has been moving for a long time, even
though they have not done anything to enlighten this case.
Therefore, in this case which took many victims in India, it must be accounted
for by the government, which did not pay any attention to this case, which even
performed quite ridiculous plays. And if the Indian government continues to force their
will to abolish this rat hole mining without increasing attention to environmentally
appropriate mining and providing working speed to its people, the per capita GDP of
India will continue to decline and the level of illegal mining will also increase