🔆Rat -hole mining in news

✅Rat-hole mining is a manual drilling method used by skilled workers in Meghalaya, where narrow pits are dug into the ground to extract coal.

✅The miner descends into the holes using rope and bamboo ladders, causing hazards such as asphyxiation, lack of oxygen, and hunger.

✅ This method is illegal in many countries due to the increasing cases of miners dying from asphyxiation, lack of oxygen, and hunger.

✅Another type involves a rectangular opening and a vertical pit, with rat-hole-sized tunnels dug horizontally to extract coal.

✅Rat-hole mining has faced criticism due to hazardous working conditions, environmental damage, and numerous accidents resulting in injuries and fatalities.

✅The National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned rat-hole mining in 2014, citing numerous cases of water flooding in mining areas during rainy seasons, resulting in the deaths of workers.

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Forwarded from UPSC Editorial analysis

🔆Rat -hole mining in news

✅Rat-hole mining is a manual drilling method used by skilled workers in Meghalaya, where narrow pits are dug into the ground to extract coal.

✅The miner descends into the holes using rope and bamboo ladders, causing hazards such as asphyxiation, lack of oxygen, and hunger.

✅ This method is illegal in many countries due to the increasing cases of miners dying from asphyxiation, lack of oxygen, and hunger.

✅Another type involves a rectangular opening and a vertical pit, with rat-hole-sized tunnels dug horizontally to extract coal.

✅Rat-hole mining has faced criticism due to hazardous working conditions, environmental damage, and numerous accidents resulting in injuries and fatalities.

✅The National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned rat-hole mining in 2014, citing numerous cases of water flooding in mining areas during rainy seasons, resulting in the deaths of workers.

#gs3
#prelims

@upsc_the_hindu_ie_editorial

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