Meghalaya produces over six million metric tons of coal annually, using primitive tools to fracture rock by hand and haul coal from long “rathole” mines. This mine, so narrow that a grown man has to crawl on his hands and knees, is southeast of Shillong.

Meghalaya produces over six million metric tons of coal annually, using primitive tools to fracture rock by hand and haul coal from long “rathole” mines. This mine, so narrow that a grown man has to crawl on his hands and knees, is southeast of Shillong.

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