Former Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma wrote a letter to the state chief secretary claiming the illegal unabated coal mining in the state.

Sangma has claimed that illegal unabated coal mining is still being carried out in the state. In a letter written to the state chief secretary, Sangma said that during a visit to West Jaintia Hills he found that illegal coal mining was taking place in the area. In the letter, Sangma wrote, "coal dumped in a scattered manner in a number of depot(s)/dumping ground were found and the site indicated that recently mined coal, apparently carried by siding trucks or dumper trucks, were dumped in a scattered manner in a number of depot(s)/dumping grounds."

The Congress leader said the respective truckloads, which were dumped in a scattered manner, were counted jointly by the Deputy Commissioner, Jowai and Divisional Mining Officer, Jowai in presence of the team led by him. He further added that the total quantity counted was 1064 truckloads and each truckload must be in the range of 12 to 16 MTs.

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