Tag: Mining

The government has already started taking steps to facilitate mining the lithium mineral in Reasi, according to multiple reports. However, mining in such a hilly district has its own challenges.For one, owing to its fragile ecology, the Himalayan region is extremely vulnerable. Raising environmental concerns of large-scale mining, experts warned that ...

Uttarkashi/New Delhi:Rat-hole mining experts called in to help rescue 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara tunnel began manual drilling Monday through the rubble. Simultaneously, vertical drilling from above the tunnel has reached a depth of 36 metres out of the 86 metres needed. Twelve rat-hole mining experts will ...

Ajay Sharma Rajouri, November 17 Despite tall claims of the authorities of tightening noose against illegal activities in river beds, illegal mining has been thriving unabated in the Nala Panchayat region, right under the nose of the District Mining Officer (DMO) Rajouri and his entire staff. According to sources, ...

Source link www.rferl.org A middle-aged lawyer, Nia Beg, is anxious after a large incursion by Islamist militants rattled his homeland in northwestern Pakistan this month. Beg is Kalash, and he follows the ancient pagan religion practiced in Bumburet and other remote valleys collectively called Kalash in the northwestern district ...

For the last two years, 35-year-old Mohammad Altaf Bohru of Kashmir’s Kulgam district has been working as a scrap dealer. A father of three, Bohru belongs to Kashmir’s 66,000-strong fishermen community, locally known as gaadi hanjis (those who catch and trade in fish). He lives in Kulgam’s Bhan village ...

Nuristan, Afghanistan – Like a crack of thunder, a deep blast echoes down a tree-lined valley a few kilometres from Parun, the capital of the northeastern Afghan province of Nuristan. At the base of a rocky hillside, smoke and chunks of rock spew from the mouth of a low ...

Excelsior Correspondent REASI, July 19: Acting tough against theft of mining mineral, District Reasi Police seized ten vehicles and arrested two persons for their involvement in smuggling small minerals.Acting on a complaint that some Dumpers are involved in theft of mining material in Anji Khad area, Block No. 06, ...

KATHUA, JUNE 04: Two excavators and eight loaded vehicles involved in illegal mining were today seized in different parts of Kathua district. District Mineral Officer (DMO) Rajinder Singh Rana  led surprise raids by a team of Geology and Mining at Ravi River, Ujh River, Sahar Khad and Hiranagar and seized ...

Quetta, Pakistan – For nearly a month now, rescue officials in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province have been searching for two men trapped inside a coal mine, as their anguished families prepare for the worst and demand their bodies. The two coal miners have been trapped since May 4 inside ...

New Delhi , May 2 (ANI) It is time for India to take a decisive step in rare earth minerals exploration, said the secretary of the Ministry of Mines Vivek Bharadwaj. Speaking at the launch of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry's (FICCI) Report on "New ...