NGT asks 5 mineral-rich states to survey all asbestos mines- India TV News
India TV NewsNew Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has asked five mineral-rich states to survey all the asbestos and associated mineral mines and file a report stating the impact of overburden or waste lying at these mines and pits. A bench headed by judicial member U D Salvi observed that it is a matter of concern that asbestos and associated mineral mines have not been closed scientifically. “We therefore, direct the respective states to cause the survey of all the asbestos mines as well as of associated minerals with asbestos and state before us the impact of overburden lying at the said mines and the pits existing there as of today, and if the overburden and such pits are noted then what the state proposes to do about restoration and restitution of the said area,” the tribunal said. During the hearing, counsel appearing for the Indian Bureau of Mines said there is no asbestos mining currently operational anywhere in the country and the operations of the mines of associated minerals with asbestos has also been halted.
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