#GS_1 #GS_3
#Mining #Environmemt
#Rat_hole_Mining #NGT
Read about rat hole mining and Mines & Minerals Act, 1957. Recently, NGT banned the rat hole mining in Meghalaya, read about it.
✅ #Facts4Prelims
Rat-hole mining involves digging of very small tunnels, usually only 3-4 feet high, which workers (often children) enter and extract coal.
The rat-hole mining is broadly of two types - side-cutting and box-cutting.
#Mining #Environmemt
#Rat_hole_Mining #NGT
Read about rat hole mining and Mines & Minerals Act, 1957. Recently, NGT banned the rat hole mining in Meghalaya, read about it.
✅ #Facts4Prelims
Rat-hole mining involves digging of very small tunnels, usually only 3-4 feet high, which workers (often children) enter and extract coal.
The rat-hole mining is broadly of two types - side-cutting and box-cutting.