The unscientific mining of coal without environmental safeguards in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya has adversely affected the water resources of the area, leading to streams with a pH of 3–5. The acidic stream water is not suitable for human use and lacks aquatic life. The prevailing situation demanded immediate neutralization and eco-restoration. …
been used to investigate the effects of coal mining in India. A total of 87 peer-reviewed articles were collected for each year from 1970 to 2014 using a keyword based search.
Sarma et al. (2010) reported the impact of coal mining on plant diversity and tree population structure in the Jaintia Hills district of …
Impact of Coal Mining on Water Resources and Enviro nment in Meghalaya ... attracting long term ecological impacts. Mining operation in Jaintia Hills undoubtedly has brought wealth and employment ...
Mylliemngap, B. K. Ramanujam, and S. N., Icthyodiversity in the Coal Mining and adjacent Non-Coal Mining Drainages of Jaintia Hills, India.Asian Fisheries Science, 24, 177-185 (2011). Sarma, K. and Kushwaha, S.P.S., Coal mining impact on land use/land cover inJaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, India using Remote Sensing and …
IMPACT OF COAL MINING ON VEGETATION: A CASE STUDY IN JAINTIA HILLS DISTRICT OF MEGHALAYA, INDIA I Acknowledgements I express my profound indebtedness to my revered teachers Dr. S.P.S. Kushwaha, Head, Forestry and Ecology Division, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun and Dr. Y.A. Hussin, ITC, The
The impacts of the mining, ... artisanal and rat-hole coal mining in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya (a state in India) in an attempt to conserve its environment and biodiversity. Meghalaya represents ...
In-Court: Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding mining in Garo Hills & Jaintia Hills District, 24/01/2014. Feature: Stink in the northeast . Policy: Meghalaya Mines and Minerals Policy, 2012 ... Case Study: Impact of coal mining on vegetation: a case study in Jaintia hills district of Meghalaya, India. Report: Assessment of child ...
Download scientific diagram | 2: Geology of Jaintia Hills district (Geological Survey of India, 1974). from publication: Impact of Coal Mining on Vegetation: A Case Study in Jaintia Hills District ...
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 attempt to conserve its environment and biodiversity.
01/02/2005 ITC; The main aim of this study are: to identify, map and determine the extent of vegetation cover and its condition in the coal mined and unmined areas; to find relationship between spatial distribution of vegetation including its condition and mining; and to assess the impact of coal mining on vegetation and to provide evidence for the hypothesis …
The present study was undertaken to analyze the impact of coal mining on plant diversity and tree population structure as affected by its proximity. The study revealed that the number of tree species was low in all the mining sites due to various activities during the mining as compared to adjacent unmined area, however, mining sites was represented …
The report on Studies of Environmental Impact of Coal Mining in Jaintia Hill District (1993), suggests that 61% of the miners are from Nepal, about 35% from Assam and the rest from West Bengal while an even smaller number are from Bihar. ... Lamare, Shoban N. 2012, Social Impact of Coal Mining in Jaintia Hills, NESRC While mining is primarily ...
A study on the mining-affected areas in Meghalaya highlighted that water streams and rivers of all three hills (Jaintia, Khasi, and Garo) have been affected by …
Rat-hole coal mining had sucked the life out of Moolamylliang less than a decade ago. The village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district has now risen like the proverbial phoenix to become a ...
Download scientific diagram | Outline map showing the coal mining areas in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya in northeast India and the sample localities. from publication: Mineral matter and the nature ...
Environmental Impact of Rat-Hole Coal Mines on the Biodiversity of Meghalaya, India ... Tiwari, B.K. and R.S. Tripathi (2002). Coal mining in Jaintia hills, Meghalaya: An ecological perspective. ...
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 …
The objective of this study was to assess the impact of coal mine drainage on streams of Jaintia hills, Meghalaya, India. The water quality status and microbial distribution and diversity of ...
Impact of Coal Mining on Vegetation: A Case Study in Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya, India by Kiranmay Sarma Thesis submitted to the International Institute for Geo-information Science and ...
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 …
The report on Studies of Environmental Impact of Coal Mining in Jaintia Hill District (1993), suggests that 61% of the miners are from Nepal, about 35% from Assam and the rest from West Bengal while an even smaller …
IMPACT OF COAL MINING ON VEGETATION: A CASE STUDY IN JAINTIA HILLS DISTRICT OF MEGHALAYA, INDIA II Abstract Mining causes massive damage to …
A detailed understanding of the impact of coal mining on changes in land use/land ... A study area of about 420 km2 was selected in the core of coal mining belt of the Jaintia Hills district (92 ...
In November, well-known Meghalaya activist Agnes Kharshiing and her companion were brutally assaulted in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district when she had reportedly visited the site to …
A worker looks up in a rat-hole coal mine near the Lad Rymbai area in the Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya. ... inattention to the intersections of tribe and class has produced a limited and flawed analysis of the economy and the impact of coal mining in Meghalaya. A class of wealthy tribal landowners and coal barons has emerged in the …
the impact of Rat-hole Coal Mining on the environment in Jaiñtia Hills of Meghalaya as well as the legal aspects of this mining method. The methodology adopted for the study …
Asian Fisheries Science 24 (2011):177-185 Asian Fisheries Society ISSN 0116-6514 Icthyodiversity in the Coal Mining and adjacent Non-Coal Mining Drainages of Jaintia Hills, India B. K. MYLLIEMNGAP and S. N. RAMANUJAM* Fish Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology School of Life Sciences, North-Eastern Hill University Shillong – …
'RAT-HOLE' MINING AND THE 'NGT' BAN: AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIO, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPACT OF MINING INDUSTRY IN MEGHALAYA, INDIA. Iasuklang Kharumnuid Department of Political Science, Saint ...
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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 ...
bodies of coal mining areas in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. Overall, ... Sarma K, Barik SK (2011) Coal mining impact on vegetation of the. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve, Meghalaya, India. Biodiversity