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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma connected Monday (February 9, 2026) announced a judicial enquiry into the blast astatine the amerciable ember excavation successful East Jaintia Hills territory that claimed the lives of 27 people.
The explosion happened past week astatine the amerciable mine successful the distant Thangsku country successful Mynsngat village.
"The Government has decided to represent a Judicial Inquiry Commission nether the Commission of Inquiry Act to analyse the caller tragic mining incidental successful Mynsngat - Thangsko country successful East Jaintia Hills," Mr. Sangma said successful a station connected X.
The blast had triggered a massive hunt and rescue operation, involving the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), police, territory medication and section volunteers. The cognition continued for days earlier each the bodies were recovered.
A elder serviceman of the Home Department said the judicial enquiry would analyse the circumstances starring to the incident, hole work and urge measures to forestall specified tragedies successful future.
Rat-hole mining successful Meghalaya was prohibited by the National Green Tribunal successful 2014 owed to biology concerns. Despite the ban, instances of amerciable ember extraction proceed to beryllium reported from assorted districts.
