India’s Piyush Goyal Launches System to Check Illegal Coal Mining
Piyush Goyal.
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The Ministry of Coal has launched the Coal Mine Surveillance & Management System (CMSMS) and ‘Khan Prahari’ mobile application. Speaking at the event, Minister for Coal and Railways, Piyush Goyal, said, “Illegal mining is a serious problem in the country today, particularly in areas where coal mining is carried out.”
An official statement said, “The basic objective of CMSMS is reporting, monitoring and taking suitable action on unauthorized coal mining activities. The CMSMS is a Web-based GIS application through which location of sites for unauthorized mining can be detected. The basic platform used in the system is of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology’s (MeiTY) map which provides village level information.”
The leasehold boundary of all the coal mines are displayed on this map. The system will use satellite data to detect changes by which unauthorized mining activity extending beyond the allotted lease area can be detected and suitable action can be taken on it.
The ‘Khan Prahari’ app is for reporting any activity taking place related to illegal coal mining like rat hole mining, pilferage etc. One can upload geo-tagged photographs of the incident along with textual information directly to the system, the statement added.
Source: The Hindu
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