India's coal mines have seen a massive increase in methane emissions, according to the latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report highlights India as the third-largest emitter of methane from coal mines globally in 2023.

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), India's largest public sector energy producer under the Union Ministry of Energy,

On January 19, 2021, around 5000 people from 45 villages from nine panchayats (village local bodies) in Sundargarh's Hemgir block came out to protest against pollution from coal transport.