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Meghalaya Launches Probe Into Disappearance of Nearly 4,000 Tonnes of Coal

Investigations will focus on tracing inventory movements, documentation and field verification with findings due to the Centre and Meghalaya High Court.

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Overview

  • Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong instructed district administrations and police to investigate potential misappropriation or illegal diversion of the inventoried coal.
  • A Katakey Committee report flagged the disappearance of 3,960.95 MT of coal from Diengngan and Rajaju depots as evidence of monitoring and enforcement failures.
  • Physical verifications by the Meghalaya Basin Development Authority found only 2.5 MT and 8 MT of coal at the respective depots against previously recorded stocks of 1,839.03 MT and 2,121.62 MT.
  • The state government’s probe will include diesel inventory checks alongside coal tracking to identify procedural lapses and responsible officials.
  • Calls for Supreme Court oversight have grown after Cabinet Minister Kyrmen Shylla’s suggestion that heavy rainfall may have washed away the missing coal drew criticism.