effects of coal mining in meghalaya

An Economic Perspective on Coal Mining in Meghalaya

Unlike elsewhere in the country, coal mining in Meghalaya is a private owned economic activity generating negative externalities for which the perpetrators -coal miners- are not being made to pay or compensate for these costs. ... rehabilitate abandoned mines, and protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of mining …

Meghalaya One Step Away From Scientific Coal Mining: …

Meghalaya is one step away from carrying out scientific mining after the Ministry of Coal approved the geological reports sent by four miners from the state, …

DOI 10.3233/AJW210010

coal mining in Meghalaya state because of its special . ... landslides to give effect to EIA and post-closure mining (Nomani, 2019c). It is a significant reference to the mine closure

Muddling through: Searching for the ideal in the coal mining …

Primarily, we draw from 22 interviews with various actors in the field, including government bureaucrats, current or erstwhile coal miners, traders, academics, and NGO functionaries. During these interactions, participants were asked to talk about the evolution of coal mining in Meghalaya, its characteristics and impacts.

Legal limits to tribal governance: coal mining in …

So-called rat-hole coal mining has resulted in environmental degradation as well as in the loss of lives of miners, most of whom are from outside the state. The National Green Tribunal has banned coal mining until safer, …

(PDF) Relentless Mining in Meghalaya, India

Forest cover in Meghalaya, India, was reduced by 12.5% due to a three-fold increase in customary coal mining in the area from 1975 to 2007 that is still illegally practiced.

Coal mining leases granted in Meghalaya after 7 years of …

Shillong: Mining leases for three coal blocks were granted in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills by the Union Coal Ministry in a major boost for the sector in the state after a ban was imposed by the Nation Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2014, officials said on Friday. The mining leases were granted in the name of Labour Lyngdoh, a resident of Rymbai …

Impact of Coal Mining on Water Resources and …

PDF | Coal extraction in Meghalaya is done by primitive mining method commonly known as 'rat-hole' mining. Mining …

Effect of coal mining on vegetation disturbance and …

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 …

Over Forty Years of Coal Mining in Meghalaya

The coal story in Meghalaya is a horrifying blend of bad governance, poorly crafted laws and a desperately surplus labour Market. The paper will finally explore how mainstream politics, aided by the media has failed to do justice to these desperate miners in the North-eastern Hill state of Meghalaya. See Full PDF.

Recovery from Coal Mining in Meghalaya's Moolamylliang

The Jaintia Coal Miners and Dealers' Association claims there are around 60,000 coal mines across 360 villages in East Jaintia Hills district. Moolamylliang used to be one such village until the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned hazardous rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya in April 2014 and set a time limit for transporting the coal …

Revisiting Environmental and Legal issues of Rat- hole …

KEYWORDS: Rat-hole Coal Mining, Environment, Water Resources, Meghalaya I. INTRODUCTION Rat-hole coal mining is a method carried out manually, which is crude, uneconomical, vulnerable and unscientific. This method entails felling of trees, digging a pit of 5 to 100 m2 till coal

Technical Report of Project entitled Study on Mining …

4.2.3. Sand and Stone Mining 39 4.3 Effect of Mining based on Scientific Studies 39 4.3.1 Effect of Coal Mining on Soil and Water 40 4.3.1.1 Effect of Coal Mining on Land and Soil 40 4.3.1.2 Effect of Coal Mining on Water 43 4.3.1.2.1. Ground Water Resources and Quality in Jaintia Hills 43 4.3.1.2.2.

Impact of Coal Mining on Water Resources and …

Swer, S. and O. P. Singh (2004) Water quality, availability and aquatic life affected by coal mining in ecologically sensitive areas of Meghalaya. In Proceeding of Natl. Seminar on Inland Water ...

Coal mining impact on vegetation of the Nokrek Biosphere …

Coal mining has adversely affected the vegetation and the density of trees, shrubs and herbs in mined areas in the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in Meghalaya, India, (Sarma and Barik 2011). Chakraborty ...

Land Degradation Due to Coal Mining Activities in Jaintia …

Coal samples collected from four different sources in the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, northeast India, have been investigated for their sulfur content, mineral matter, and to assess their ...

Unveiling nature's treasures: actinobacteria from Meghalaya's mining …

Coal and sillimanite mining sites present unique ecological niches favoring the growth of actinobacteria, a group of Gram-positive bacteria known for producing a wide array of bioactive compounds. Isolating these bacteria from such environments could unveil novel compounds with potential biotechnological applications. This study involved the …

A new report calls the bluff on Meghalaya's coal …

The Meghalaya high court, which formed the committee in April to help enforce the coal mining ban in the state, said the latest findings made it "apparent" that "13 lakh MT of coal was ...

Homepage: Department of Mining and Geology

The Department of Mining & Geology was created out of its parent Department of Assam Government during the bifurcation of the State of Meghalaya in the year 1972. The Directorate of Mineral Resources (DMR) under the administrative control of the Department of Mining & Geology with its Headquarter at Shillong has 2 (two) Divisional Mining ...

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

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 ...

Legal limits to tribal governance: coal mining in Meghalaya…

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.

(PDF) Relentless Mining in Meghalaya, India

This paper presents the assessment of environmental impacts of overburden such as visual (aesthetics, landscape), soil erosion, ecological disruption, air and water pollution, safety, risk and health etc. Economic valuation aspects of environmental impacts of overburden are also briefly described in his paper ... Coal mining in Meghalaya and ...

Meghalaya to resume coal mining despite green concerns

File. Activists in Meghalaya have voiced concern over granting of mining leases for three coal blocks after a statement from the leaseholders thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing ...

Threat To Life Arising Out Of Coal Mining In South Garo

(vi) From the aforesaid materials available before the Committee, it is, therefore, evident that the coal mining activities, which includes the extraction of coal and transportation, is going on in the State of Meghalaya, at least in East Jaintia Hills District, where such mining activities are most, despite the ban imposed by the Hon'ble NGT ...

Coal mining to resume in Meghalaya after 9 years: CM

The National Green Tribunal had in April 2014 imposed a blanket ban on coal mining and transportation of coal in Meghalaya causing a massive blow to the revenue of the state. As a result, the mining industry suffered a negative growth of (-) 59.36 per cent and the GSDP registered a negative growth of (-) 2.82 per cent, according to …

OM on coal mining procedure in Meghalaya

The following procedure has been laid down for obtaining Prospecting License or Mining Lease for coal mining in respect of lands in which the minerals vest in a person other than the Government in accordance with the provisions of Chapter V of Mineral Concession Rules, 1960. This memorandum is for general information and is not exhaustive.

Meghalaya's black holes: Unregulated rat-hole coal mines …

by Sahana Ghosh on 29 November 2018. India's National Green Tribunal in 2014 banned rat hole mining of coal and its transportation over concerns for the environment and labour conditions in the tribal-majority state of Meghalaya. Rat hole mining of coal is an unscientific practice to extract coal through narrow tunnels into the ground.

STATUS OF WATER QUALITY IN COAL MINING AREAS OF MEGHALAYA …

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 …

Coal Mining in Meghalaya -an environmental …

Coal loses carrying capacity with dramatic deformation. The main controlling factors of coal damage is stress at 200°C but …

Monitoring the dynamics of acid mine drainage affected

In the tribal dominant state of Meghalaya, NE India, coal mining is primarily controlled by private ventures or communities, and it is the most exploited fossil fuel in the Jaintia Hills. ... James I, Sams III, Beer KM (2000) Effects of coal-mine drainage on stream water quality in the Allegheny and Monongahela River basins—sulfate transport ...

Acid drainage from coal mining: Effect on paddy soil and …

The northeastern states of Meghalaya have a reserve of about 640 Mt. (Indian Minerals Yearbook, 2012), and the Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya alone has about 40 Mt of sub-bituminous coal. Mines from major coal belts in the district, namely Bapung, Sutnga and Khliehriat, produce nearly 40 million tonnes of coal per year; that is …

(PDF) Acid drainage from coal mining: Effect on paddy soil …

4.3. Effect of coal mining on biological and economic (grain) yield of rice crop The growth of shoots and roots was signiﬁcantly (p b 0.05) less in mine-affected soils than in the reference soil. We attribute this to the greater acidity, toxic concentration of Fe and S and to the smaller concentrations of K and Zn.

Coal mining in northeast India: an overview of …

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, and low ash content. In addition, many environmental sensitive organic and mineral bound elements such as Fe, Mg, Bi, Al, V, Cu, Cd, Ni, Pb, …

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