Pits close to Grand Trunk Road set off alarm bells
An abandoned pit in Dhanbad from where coal is extracted illegally. Picture by Gautam Dey
Dhanbad, Feb. 12: The figure is startling.
Officials in Dhanbad have spotted as many as 118 abandoned mine pits that are being used to extract coal illegally.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/spotted-118-illegal-mines
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-ranchi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ranchi-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal-industry