A recent exploratory study to determine the health and livelihood conditions of coal workers in the Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya where rat hole mining is prominent finds respiratory problems as the most prevalent disease. As many as 511 members were surveyed, out of which 266 respondents were coal labourers (coal digger, cutter, …
Abstract. The paper appreciates coal mining laws and policies applied by National Green Tribunal to ban traditional, artisanal and rat-hole coal mining in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya (a state in ...
Talking about participation in illegal rat-hole mining, the aforementioned mine sirdar said "the labourers do it for money". "They get paid anywhere from Rs 700-800 to Rs 1,500-1600 as daily wages," he added. "Only men go down the tunnels. It can be a group of 100 labourers engaged at one particular site at a time.
Despite a ban, rat-hole mining remains a prevalent practice for coal mining in Meghalaya, where a mine has recently collapsed. Rat hole mining involves digging of …
New Delhi: A committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has blamed the "unabated illegal mining" in Meghalaya for triggering the tragedy, entrapping 15 workers in a 320-feet deep rat-hole coal mine. The committee headed by retired high court judge BP Katakey has emphasised that illegal mining is unchecked mostly in the East …
Shikher Goyal January 15, 2019. Table of Contents. About Rat-hole mining | UPSC – IAS | Pib. Negative impacts of Rat Hole Mining | UPSC – IAS | Pib. Advantages of Rat-hole mining | UPSC – IAS | Pib. Why does it …
In 2014, the NGT banned the illegal mining of coal by rat-hole mining method, but unfortunately rat-hole mining has been continuing unabated in Tinsukia and Karbi-Anglong districts of Assam. On November 22, 2019, the Assam government informed the state assembly that the government is aware of such illegal coal mining at the Digboi …
What do you understand by Rat-hole mining ? Answer: In the tribal areas of the north-east India, minerals are owned by individuals or communities. Thus, coal mining in Jowai and Cherapunjee is done by …
Rat-hole mining in Meghalaya generates adverse impact in the form of contamination of water bodies by the acid mine drainage. Roadside dumping and transportation of coal are other sources of air, water and soil pollution which imposes a cost in terms of its impact on the health and livelihood of citizens at large. These external …
Published: Saturday 15 December 2018. It has been two days since 13 workers got trapped in an illegal rat-hole mine in the East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. On the morning of December 13, the mine, which the authorities say is around 320 feet deep, was flooded by a nearby river, trapping the miners. The water in the mine is 70 …
Rat-hole mining, a dangerous practice, involves digging narrow tunnels, each of which fits only one person to enter and extract coal. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had imposed a ban on it in ...
'RAT-HOLE' MINING AND THE 'NGT' BAN: AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIO, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPACT OF MINING INDUSTRY IN MEGHALAYA, INDIA. August 2014. Authors: Krishna Chauhan. …
The NGT had banned rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya in April 2014. "Apart from the dangerous form of rat-hole mining that is undertaken, particularly in the eastern part of the state, there are ...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had in April 2014 banned rat-hole coal mining that was deemed hazardous to people and the environment. Since transportation of extracted coal was allowed ...
Rat hole mining is of advantage because of low capital investment unlike organized sectors, low maintenance and operational costs. Large diameter holes can be dug easily. Advantages include benefits due to geographical location and availability of coal on the surface and it is relatively cheaper.
Unsystematic shallow mining is one of the most important factors affecting the water body due to waste dumps. Coal in the state of Meghalaya possesses high degree of sulphur. …
A rat-hole mine involves digging of very small tunnels, usually only 3-4 feet deep, in which workers, more often children, enter and extract coal. Rat-hole mining is broadly of two types – side-cutting and box-cutting. Although the coal is of bad quality, …
Rat-hole mining, which started with gusto in the 1980s, has poisoned three rivers in the Jaintia hills: the Myntdu, Lunar and Lukha. Scientists from the North-Eastern Hill University have found ...
The coal seam in hills of Meghalaya is very thin, less than 2 m in most cases," he said. In the other type of rat-hole mining, called box-cutting, a rectangular opening is made, varying from 10 to 100 sq m, and …
Guwahati: Some villagers at East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya have been visiting a rat-hole mine every day for over three weeks after 15 men disappeared when water flooded the illegal mine in the ...
On April 17, 2014, the National Green Tribunal imposed a blanket ban on unscientific methods of coal mining, particularly rat-hole mining, in Meghalaya. Rat-hole mining is a form of mining unique to Meghalaya owing to the thin layers of coal prevalent in the state and is considered to be a cheaper alternative to large-scale operations.
The 'rat-hole mining' technique — which accounts for most mines in Meghalaya — was banned by the National Green Tribunal in 2014. The technique primarily comprises digging a narrow tunnel to reach coal seams underground. At the bottom tunnel, where coal seams are found, 'rat holes' — just big enough for a worker to enter — are ...
By Lauren Giella On 6/3/21 at 12:31 PM EDT. News Coal Miners. Search and rescue efforts continue for a group of miners trapped for five days in a coal mine in the Indian state of Meghalaya ...
Rat-hole mining is the locally developed technique and the most commonly used one. It is not regulated by any law, and coal extraction has been made by unscrupulous elements in a most illegal and unscientific manner. Meghalaya's annual coal production of nearly 6 million tonnes is mostly said to have come through rat-hole mining.
Types of Rat Hole Mining. There are two types of rat hole mining: Side-cutting: Narrow tunnels are dug in the hill slopes, and workers go inside the holes to find the coal seam.; Box-cutting: Rectangular openings are made, which can vary upto 10 to 100 sq m.; Manual labour removes the coal, loads it into a wheelbarrow or bucket, and dumps it …
Rat-hole mining is a term used for a hazardous and arduous mining technique where miners crawl into winding underground tunnels that are just 4-5 feet in diameter to extract coal from the deep ...
What is known as 'rat hole' mining? Answer: Coal mining in Jowai and Cherapunjee is done by family members in the form of a long narrow tunnel, known as 'rat hole' mining. Question 14. What is the …
Rat-hole mining, involving digging of tunnels 3-4 feet high, was the most preferred to strike at narrow coal seams deeper inside the hills. The less dangerous of two methods of digging tunnels is ...
A series of rat holes mines in East Jantia Hills district. It was the compensation cheque, for ₹1 lakh, that convinced Solibar Rahman, 64, that he would never see his 20-year-old son, Monirul ...