Maitreyee Roy: The Advantages, Disadvantages and Challenges of Banning Rat Hole Mining in the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya. In: International Journal of Current Research. Jahrgang 9, Nr. 6, Juni 2017, S. 52454–52456, hier S. 52455 (englisch; Department of Environmental Management, William Carey University, Nongmensong, Shillong; Volltext: PDF: 198 kB, 3 Seiten auf journalcra.com);
Zitat: „There are approximately 5000 coal mines in the district. 99 % of the workers are migrants from Bangladesh, Nepal, Bihar, Assam and Jharkhand. The number of Nepali workers estimated as 150.000[;] Madhavan, 2005. According to an estimate from a NGO 70,000 children in the age between 7 to 17 are working in these private mines as casual labor under private contractors without any security to their lives. (Impulse: An exploratory study of children engaged in Rat
Hole Mining in the coal mines of Jaintia Hills, 2012) Between 1975 and 2016, there has been decrease in forest area by 12.5 %, while area under mining has increased three fold.“
