Northeast India has a good deposit of sub-bituminous tertiary coal. The northeast Indian coals have unusual physico-chemical characteristics such as high sulfur, volatile matter and vitrinite content, …
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PDF | On Jan 1, 2016, Talukdar B and others published Impact of Coal Mining on Soil Characteristics of Simsang River, Meghalaya, India | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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The National Green Tribunal in April 2014 imposed a blanket ban on coal mining. Meghalaya's advancement in scientific coal mining recognised as CM Sangma receives accolades. ban, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, coal mining, employment, environmental impact, GDP, local economy, Meghalaya, mining lease, Ministry of …
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Request PDF | Impact of Open Cast Coal Mining on Fish and Fisheries of Simsang River, Meghalaya, India | Present paper deals with the impact of coal mining activities on the water quality and fish ...
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Despite the salubrious provisions of Meghalaya Mines and Minerals Policy, 2012 and Meghalaya Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(MMDC) Notification, 2015 the state has not enforced central mining laws and policies to combat pernicious pursuits of rat-hole coal mining on the environment and biodiversity of Meghalaya.
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In the last meeting of the committee in October, Meghalaya's mining and geology as also forest and environment departments, have suggested use of satellite imageries to survey, map …
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252 Impact of Coal Mining on Water Resources and Enviro nment in Meghalaya O. P. SINGH Department of Environmental Studies, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong- 793022 (Meghalaya), India
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This trend of privatization of land has focused attention on the negative effects of mining on agriculture, but also on the environment and the health of the local population. As noted by O.P. Singh, "coal mining in Meghalaya has benefited the people and the state and has been a means of wealth generation for some people of the coal mining area.
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Meghalaya is a small and beautiful state in Northeast India. It has vast coal deposits and while coalmining is a leading industry, it is not regulated nor is the mining policy …
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Mining causes massive damage to landscape and biological components of an ecosystem. Due to extensive and unmanaged coal mining in the southern part of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve of Meghalaya, the ...
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Bans on coal mining have been implemented in two tribal majority states in India's north-east frontier; Nagaland and Meghalaya. In Nagaland the state government imposed the ban in an attempt to capture control of coal …
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Primarily, we draw from 22 interviews with various actors in the field, including government bureaucrats, current or erstwhile coal miners, traders, academics, and …
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Such characteristics are assoc iated with more severe environmental impacts due to mining. ... coal mining in north eastern coal mines of Meghalaya, India (Swer and Singh 2004). Based on a study ...
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Shillong: Coal mining is set to resume in Meghalaya after nine years, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Wednesday. He said the Union Ministry of Coal has provided approval for mining lease to …
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Reliance Publishing House. New Delhi, 113—119 Rai RK (1996) Environmental degradation due to coal mining in Meghalaya.Final Report of the project sponsored by Ministry of Environment and Forests. New Delhi Samra K, Barik SK(2012) Coal mining impact on soil of NokrekBioshere Reserve, Meghalaya.
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In the last meeting of the committee in October, Meghalaya's mining and geology as also forest and environment departments, have suggested use of satellite …
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Research area. The Datong mining area (DMA) in China's Shanxi province, shown in Fig. 1, was chosen as the research area in the current study for a number of reasons.First, the long history of coal mining and large production at the site had a cumulative environmental effect where the disturbance effect on the regional …
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Though the hugely lucrative coal mining industry has been banned since April 2014, the Government of Meghalaya has given 16 leases to mine limestone reserves in the state. 68 percent of the limestone mined is used by cement industries and the remaining 32 percent by lime manufacturers. ... Act, 1973. A new mining policy, …
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The Meghalaya "rat-hole" coal mines are a 5 million ton-per-annum (MTPA) network of previously unregulated hand-mined box mines in the Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya state, India. ... Implementation of the ban has apparently been uneven, but has nonetheless had strong economic effects in the region. Mine Details.
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Present paper deals with the impact of coal mining activities on the water quality and fish diversity of Simsang River from 2009 to 2015. Six sampling sites were selected on the basis of affected and unaffected areas of coal mining activities. Certain water quality attributes such as water colour, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, free …
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The coal is one of the extensively utilized minerals in Meghalaya. Though coal deposit in the state is found all along the southern fringe of Shillong plateau, Jaintial Hills District is a major producer of coal. Coal extraction is done by primitive mining method commonly known as 'rat-hole' mining. Most of the mining activities are small scale ventures …
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Coal mining in Meghalaya and its . impact on environment. Exposure 1991;4: ... (2014) reported the negative effects of coal mining on plant community structure which resulted in the loss of ...
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56 Effects of Coal Mining Activities on Soil Properties with Special ... Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Abandoned Coal Stockpile and Lime Kiln of Meghalaya using Pol... October 2014.
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Extraction of coal in Meghalaya is mainly done by primitive mining method commonly known as 'rat-hole' mi ning. In this method …
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Despite a ban on rat-hole mining of coal in Meghalaya by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, illegal coal continues to be extracted and moved across borders of Meghalaya. Illegal coal mining has not only been a nemesis to the environment but also a threat to human lives. LCW analysis of news reports shows that nearly 60 …
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Tragedy in a rat hole. Since the 1980s, rat-hole mining is the primarily practiced mining technique in Meghalaya in which deep vertical shafts with narrow horizontal tunnels of 3 to 4 feet diameter are dug and miners are sent down to extract coal till 100 to 150 metre and in some case even more than that.
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1. To study the working and living conditions of coal mine workers in coal mines. 2. To examine the impact of mining activities as a source of rural livelihoods on the health of coal workers and mining s. 3. To examine the impact of the number of years at work place has on health status of coal workers. 1.5 Hypotheses of the study:
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Why in News. Moolamylliang, a village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, is making progress in becoming a greener place amid abandoned pits from the rat-hole mining. Key Points. Background: The Jaintia Coal Miners and Dealers' Association claims there are around 60,000 coal mines across 360 villages in East Jaintia Hills …
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Meghalaya revealed that coal mining has an adverse impact on plant species composition. Mining activities pollute the water and air, resulting in the loss of top fertile soil. The loss of soil productivity ... The most serious effect of coal mining operations is land degradation. The degradation of
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