Significant discharge of untreated coal mining effluent into the aquatic environment contributes to a variety of toxic effects on aquatic fauna including fish. Coal mining activities specifically in the region of Meghalaya located in Northeast India is posing severe threats to the aquatic biota.
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 ...
Acid drainage from coal mining: Effect on paddy soil and productivity of rice . × Close Log In. Log in with Facebook Log in with ... that we found. Nevertheless, it falls well within the range (260 to 490 kg ha−1) as reported by Sarma (2005) for the mine-affected soils of Meghalaya. In contrast, the mine-affected fields were severely ...
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 …
Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya is endowed with rich reserves of mineral resources. The process of coal extraction in artisanal and small-scale mining of the region is primitive, unscientific, haphazard, unchecked, absence of safety gear and illegal. Digging of coal in these areas has been carried out manually in the small deposits with no …
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 …
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 India) in an ...
Extensive coal mining activity in the buffer zone of the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve (NBR) in Meghalaya, India, has led to habitat degradation and a landscape dotted with mine spoils.
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 ...
For a genuine and thorough interpretation of coal mining impacts, it is quite important to understand the direct as well as the far-reaching environmental and social consequences of coal mining.
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 …
Here, we discuss the status of water quality of rivers and streams in the coal mining areas of Meghalaya, including general impact of mining on environment and society. The …
Coal is an important mineral resource of Meghalaya and is mined through a primitive mining method commonly known as rat-hole mining. The coal deposits present on the hill-slopes and along the …
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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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:
STATUS OF WATER QUALITY IN COAL MINING AREAS OF MEGHALAYA, INDIA Sumarlin Swer1 and O. P. Singh*1 Abstract: The coal is one of the extensively utilized minerals in Meghalaya. Though coal deposit in ... The extraction of coal creates a variety of impacts on the environment before, during and after the mining operations. The …
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, …
The Centre has given clearance to four applicants to start scientific mining of coal in Meghalaya and the final step left for resumption of mining is the environment clearance as per the Environment Impact Assessment notification of 2006, which is likely to take 4-5 months.
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 extraction and trade, while in Meghalaya India's National Green Commission imposed the ban over concern for the environment and …
ABSTRACT: Coal mining has been most extensively practiced in most of the districts of Meghalaya, northeast India. As a result, the original lush green landscapes have been …
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.
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, …
Effect of coal mining on soil physico-chemical properties of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve of Meghalaya, northeastern India Vanlalhruaii Ralte Department of Botany, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl 796001, India ... Coal mine spoils 0-10 0.38 0.30 0.07 0.09 5.61 1.67 10-20 0.23 0.34 0.07 0.08 3.15 4.28 Sites Seasonal variation of total soil ...
It is also observed that the coal mines of Meghalaya are generating acid mine drainage and are potential source of metal contamination. ... Potential impacts from mining damage, solid waste discharge and land reclamation. Science of the Total Environment, 859, 160392. Article CAS Google Scholar Download references . Author …
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
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 ...
Coal mining activities greatly damage water resources, explicitly concerning water quality. The adverse effects of coal mining and potential routes for contaminants …
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.
A study was conducted to analyse the toxic affect of acid mine drainage (AMD) of coal mines on the histology of kidney and liver …
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" …
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.
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 …
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
1. Introduction. The total coal reserve (mostly Tertiary) in the northeast India is estimated to be about 10 9 t. 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 …
High enrichment of heavy metals was found near coal mining areas. Cd, Zn and Pb enriched highly around JCF mostly near coal mining through anthropogenic sources (EF > 1). Among the environmentally most toxic heavy metals, Pb, Cd, Zn and Cu were accumulated in the soils at coal mining area and near to the coal mines.
Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in Meghalaya, India, it is revealed that coal mining has adversely affected the veg-etation and the density of trees, shrubs and herbs in mined …
