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The attack on an activist in a coal belt in India s northeast frontier state of Meghalaya has spotlighted the issue of ecological degradation from rat hole mining and the outlawed activities continuing in defiance of a ban on this unscientific sub surface mining technique in the In November well known Meghalaya activist Agnes Kharshiing and her companion were brutally
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A study was conducted to assess thesoil physico chemical properties of five coal mine spoils in chronosequenceand an un mined site in coal mining areas of Khliehriat East Jaintia Hills District Meghalaya India The study revealed that the overburden spoils were poor in nutrient content but rich in heavy metals where higher concentrations were recorded in the summer season than in the dry
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The effects of coal mine drainage on the water resources of the Tradewater River basin in the Western Coal Field region of Kentucky were evaluated 1 by synthesis and interpretation of 16 years of daily conductance data 465 chemical analyses covering an 18 year period 28 years of daily discharge data and 14 years of daily suspended sediment data from the Tradewater River at Olney and 2
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Balpakram National Park located in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya is already facing threat from poachers and illegal coal mining activities Time and again media and environmentalists have raised the issue of illegal mining in BNP situated along the Indo Bangla border The national park known for its varied species of flora and fauna and endangered plant and animal species is a
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Subsurface coal mining often induces the formation of acid mine drainage AMD in active and abandoned coal mines while coal combustion generates coal combustion residuals CCR including fly ash FA with elevated levels of toxic metals Decades of AMD and CCR production have caused major environmental and human health impacts Given the typically elevated level of oxides in FA previous
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Coal extraction in Meghalaya is done by primitive mining method commonly known as rat hole mining Mining operation undoubtedly has brought wealth and employment opportunity in the area
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Effects of coal mining in meghalaya in water resources and environment
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Effect of coal mining on soil physico chemical properties of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve of Meghalaya northeastern India Vanlalhruaii Ralte Environmental Science 2024 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 area … Expand 3 PDF Save
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Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday said 95 persons have been arrested and 250 cases registered so far over illegal mining and transportation of coal in the state
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Home Effects of Coal Mining on Water Resources Effects of Coal Mining on Water Resources Date Thursday 13 February 2024 View / Download File File size KB Notice Board Request for Proposals for Implementation Management Consultant under KfW Project 08/08/2024 RFP Consultant SALT Sloping Agriculture Land Technology 08/08/2024 Notice of Award of Contract for
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Meghalaya s annual coal production of nearly 6 million tonnes is mostly said to have come through rat hole mining What are the impacts Ecology Rat hole mining in Meghalaya had caused the water in the Kopili river flows through Meghalaya and Assam to turn acidic The entire roadsides in and around mining areas are used for piling of coal
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A latest government study has found that mining activities in the coal rich Tamnar area of Chhattisgarh have put the local population mainly tribal people at an increased risk of acute respiratory diseases and tuberculosis The study reveals that in the case of tuberculosis the disease burden rate in Tamnar is nearly double the national rate
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Several scientific reports have also warned that Meghalaya s water bodies are also suffering the effects of acidic mine drainage from the sulphur rich coal mines Several civil rights activists
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Anti coal mining activist Agnes Kharshiing who survived a near fatal attack by the henchmen of some coal barons in 2024 said the incident has once again exposed the State government s claim that there is no illegal rathole coal mining in Meghalaya The National Green Tribunal had banned the hazardous rathole coal mining in April 2024 The
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Rat Hole Coal Mining A Controversy Erupts in Meghalaya The Horrors of Rat Hole Mining unmonitored coal min miners in the northeastern state of Meghalaya struggle to find work after an Indian judicial agency Know More coal mining threatens meghalaya caves effects of coal mining in meghalaya crusherasiaCoal mining threatens Meghalaya caves India Environment Portal Coal mining
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Coal miners in the mineral rich northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya have something to celebrate Over the summer the Supreme Court of India passed an order to reopen mining in their state
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Coal is being mined in several districts in the state of Meghalaya India with the highest production coming from the Jaiñtia Hills district Due to Constitutional rights allowing the indigenous tribal population to have the complete ownership of their land including its subsurface resources coal mining in the State has been carried out by many individuals at a cottage scale level Coal is
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The estimated value of studied water quality parameters such as pH dissolved oxygen and total alkalinity indicates degradation of water quality due to the effect of acid mine drainage AMD of coal mining Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon PAH showed highest concentration of 4 ring PAH and Benzo[a]anthracene was the most important pollutant in the water collected from affected sites Relative
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Abstract Overburden and acid drainage from coal mining is transforming productive agricultural lands to unproductive wasteland in some parts of Northeast India We have investigated the adverse effects of acid mine drainage on the soil of rice paddy and productivity by comparing them with non mined land and abandoned paddy fields of Jaintia
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Posted in Meghalaya News Install CCTVs to check illegal mining in Meghalaya NGT The direction of the judicial panel came after a meeting was held in Shillong to discuss the issues related to coal mining in the state by EastMojo News Bureau April 26 2024 Updated February 23 2024 Share this Representational image Credit
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The earliest study on the effects of surface coal mining operations on the water quality was reported 63 64 A study on water quality effects of coal mining in Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya 65 revealed that coal mining has increased the toxicity level to such an extent that the water is completely unfit for agriculture and human consumption and
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12 Supreme Court hears the case of coal mining ban [click to view] 15 The role of coal mining for the state elections in Meghalaya [click to view] 16 Promise of the opposition to lift the coal ban within 8 months of coming into power [click to view] 17 Protest against the NGT ban by coal miners across Meghalaya [click to view] 18 Newly
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The negative consequences due to the mining process are quite many This has been a major threat to the people around the globe Here is why 1 Poisoning of the soil There are several chemical processes that are involved in mining which have resulted in poisoning and eroding of the soil There are also greenhouse chemicals and toxic chemicals
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The disappearance of 15 Meghalaya miners reminds us again of the failure of the authority concerned to comply with the National Green Tribunal s order to impose ban on coal mining due to severe
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Rat hole mining involves digging of very small tunnels usually only 3 4 feet high which workers often children enter and extract coal These rat hole mines are spread throughout Meghalaya but are mostly concentrated in the Jaintia Hills the South Garo Hills around the towns of Baghamara and Nangalbibra and the area around Nongjri and
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That s when the government of Meghalaya knocked on the door of the Supreme Court for a revision of the NGT ban in the state for legalising coal mining The apex court in June 2024 passed an
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For every tonne of coal mined between 1 and cubic meters of groundwater is made unusable A Greenpeace investigation found that almost half of the rivers in Indonesia s South Kalimantan province are at risk from coal mining activities These activities include open cast mines which can cause permanent damage to rivers and aquifers
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In 2024 the National Green Tribunal NGT had banned rat hole coal mining Source Meghalaya Police Even as 13 miners trapped by the flooding of an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya are presumed dead the Union Coal Ministry has before it a formal proposal sent by the Meghalaya government seeking a way around a mining ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal NGT in
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Myths about Coal mining in Meghalaya Sixth Schedule Meghalaya is a Sixth Schedule State hence its autonomy gives freedom to the people to mine as they wish Land Tenure System of the state The unique land tenure system of the state gives rights over minerals too Exempted from Nationalisation Coal in Meghalaya was never nationalised or have been exempted Customary Practice Coal mining is
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