Wanton coal mining in Meghalaya is not only harming the environment but also affecting food grain production of the State by degrading the cultivable land and polluting the irrigable water supply.
"In particular, paddy cultivation has been adversely affected in the coal mining areas," a State Government report said.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/mining-depletes-food-grain-production-state
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/shillong-times-shillong
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-council-agricultural-research-icar
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meghalaya
