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Limestone mining for the cement industry is a major threat to the Caves of Meghalaya, [4] causing a major collapse of the Krem Mawmluh cave, the seventh longest cave in the state of Meghalaya. The "cave-in" stimulated public awareness of the potential threat mining places to the rich scientific, tourism and ecological heritage.
Krem Liat Prah is the longest natural cave in South Asia.Also known as the Cave of the Tiger, it is one of the longest limestone caves in the world. Prah (Krem is the Khasi word for "cave") is one of approximately 150 known caves in the Shnongrim Ridge of the East Jaintia Hills district in the state of Meghalaya, northeast India.
Unscientific quarrying of limestone led to the collapse of the Mawmluh cave of Meghalaya, [12] and the caves of Jantia Hills are also in danger due to excessive quarrying of coal. [13] Various caves in Central India serving as major religious spots are also either under threat conditions or somehow polluting the ambient environment. [14]
This lists of mines in India is subsidiary to the list of mines article, and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output.
Lad Rymbai is Jaintia for "junction to the Rymbai village". [1] Originally, a small village, it emerged as a town with the completion of the National Highway 6, which made the village a transit point for vehicles operating between Guwahati and Silchar.
Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and (b) the Garo Hills. [9] The estimated population of Meghalaya in 2014 was 3,211,474. [10] Meghalaya covers an area of approximately 22,429 square kilometres, with a length-to-breadth ratio of about 3:1. [11]
West Jaintia Hills (Pron: ˈʤeɪnˌtɪə) is an administrative District in the state of Meghalaya in India. The united district (Jaintia Hills District) was created on 22 February 1972 and occupied an area of 3819 km 2. It had a population of 272,185 (as of 2011). The district is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests eco-region.
Rat-hole mining or Rat mining [1] is a process of digging employed in North East India to extract coal, where a narrow hole is manually dug by extraction workers. The practice is banned by the National Green Tribunal; [2] [3] however, the techniques are still employed by artisanal mining operations in several parts of India, especially in Meghalaya.