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Environmental Impact of Rat-Hole Coal Mines on the …

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 ...

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An Economic Perspective on Coal Mining in Meghalaya

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 …

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Meghalaya village turns oasis in coal mine desert

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 ...

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A tragedy that was long in the making

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 ...

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Rat-hole mining rampant in Meghalaya despite NGT ban

Kharshiing had reportedly captured photographs of illegal rat-hole mining in the district and was stopped by miscreants on their way back. Advertisement. Rat-hole mining involves digging of narrow tunnels, usually 3-4 feet high, for workers to enter and extract coal. ... "Miners are taking advantage of the order and digging out fresh coal." ...

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An Introduction to Rat-hole Mining | Environics Trust

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, …

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NGT panel blames 'un-abetted illegal mining' for

In its 55-page report, accessed by ThePrint, the high-level panel says, "The result of ongoing un-abetted illegal mining, despite the ban imposed by the NGT, is the very tragic incident occurred very recently on 13.12.2018 in a coal mine in Ksan village near Lytein river under Saipung police station in East Jaintia Hills District, where 15 coal mine …

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Department of Environmental Management, William Carey …

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.

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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 …

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(PDF) 'RAT-HOLE' MINING AND THE 'NGT' BAN: AN

The 'Rat-hole' mining in Meghalaya with its distinct character and the imposition of 'NGT' ban since early 2014, is giving rise to an altogether different dynamics to mining scenario and ...

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The advantages, disadvantages and challenges of banning rat hole mining

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. Rat hole mining is technically simpler done by the tribals of Meghalaya. The National Green Tribunal banned rat hole mining in Jaintia Hills from April 2014.

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The unregulated, lethal and corrupt world of Meghalaya's rat-hole …

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 …

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Rat-Hole Mining in Meghalaya | Current Affairs

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.

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Rat Hole Mining – Meghalaya East Jaintia Hills | UPSC – …

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 …

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Meghalaya's rat hole traps

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 ...

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What is Rat hole mining?

Solution. The correct option is A a. Mining practice in north-east india with narrow long tunnel. 61. A. Coal mining in Jowai and Cherapunjee is done by family member in the form of a long narrow tunnel, known as 'Rat hole' mining. Suggest Corrections. 21.

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Meghalaya mine tragedy: Navy discovers second body 280 feet inside rat

The mine at Ksan stands "illegal" since coal mining in Meghalaya using the 'rat-hole mining' technique — which accounts for most mines in the state including the one in which the accident occurred — has been completely banned by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, despite which, activists say, illegal mining thrives in Meghalaya.

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Banned in Meghalaya, rat-hole mining continues unchecked in …

A report by Assam's chief conservator of forest, submitted to the commission, noted that the approximate area under rat-hole mining in and around Saleki proposed reserved forest shot up from ...

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Environmental Impact of Rat-Hole Coal Mines on the …

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...

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Another year, another mining tragedy — why Meghalaya's 'rat holes…

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.

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The advantages, disadvantages and challenges of …

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. …

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What is rat-hole mining?

Rat-hole mining is a primitive and hazardous method of coal mining usually practiced in the state of Meghalaya, India. It involves digging pits, often vertically or horizontally, into the ground to extract coal. The name "rat-hole" mining derives from the size of the pits, which are typically only large enough for a single person to enter and work.

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Group of Miners Trapped Inside 'Rat Hole' Coal Mine for Fifth Day

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 ...

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Class 10 Geography Chapter 5 Extra Questions and …

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 …

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People living near mining activities at increased risk of diseases

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, …

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Rat hole mining | Civils360 IAS

Diversifying livelihood opportunities. Stringent implementation of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act which prohibits operation of illegal mining under state accountability. …

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Rat Hole Mining

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 …

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BJP leaders involved in illegal coal mining in Assam, other

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 …

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Killer coal mines of Meghalaya: Livelihood or death-trap?

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.

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Meghalaya: Day after coal mine collapse, 13 workers yet to be …

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 ...

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Rat-hole mines: Negating human lives and ecology

Illegal rat-hole mines a death trap for miners. That rat-hole mining is rampant despite the ban is clear from the incident. In less than a month, dead bodies of two miners were recovered from a quarry in the same district. Police suspect the miners were killed by falling boulders while they were extracting coal.

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Rat Hole Mining (UPSC Current Affairs)

What is Rat Hole Mining? It is a primitive and hazardous method of mining for coal. It involves digging of very small narrow tunnels (hence called rat holes), usually 3-4 feet high, which workers (more often children)enter and extract coal. It is practiced mostly in Northeastern states, especially in Meghalaya because coal seam found in the ...

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In Meghalaya, where it took 15 deaths for the reality of illegal mining

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 ...

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Northeast Diary: Is Meghalaya trying to legalise rat-hole coal mining

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 ...

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Meghalaya High Court takes tough stand on illegal coal

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 ...

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Rat Hole Mining

  1. It is a primitive and hazardous method of mining for coal, with tunnels that are only 3-4 feet in diameter (hence, rat-hole), leading to pits ranging from 5-100 sq. mt
  2. There are two types of rat-holes: Firs, when dug into the ground these are vertical shafts leading to the mines where horizontal tunnels are dug; the second type is where horizontal holes are dug d...
  1. It is a primitive and hazardous method of mining for coal, with tunnels that are only 3-4 feet in diameter (hence, rat-hole), leading to pits ranging from 5-100 sq. mt
  2. There are two types of rat-holes: Firs, when dug into the ground these are vertical shafts leading to the mines where horizontal tunnels are dug; the second type is where horizontal holes are dug d...
  3. The coal is taken out manually, and then loaded into a bucket or a wheelbarrow and dumped on a nearby un-mined area. From here, it is carried to larger coal dumps near highways for trade and
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Despite the tragedy, rat-hole mining in the Jaintia Hills is likely to

Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar. Fifty-one days have passed since 15 miners were trapped inside a flooded "rat hole" coal mine at Khloo Ryngksan (Ksan for short) in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills ...

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15 Men Trapped But Illegal Rat Hole Mining Continues in

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 …

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