INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The extraction of minerals from nature often creates imbalances, which adversely affect the environment. The key environmental impacts of mining are on wildlife and fishery habitats, the water balance, local climates & the pattern of rainfall, sedimentation, the depletion of forests and the disruption of the ecology.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prolonged exposure to noise levels of above 90 dB can cause permanent deafness. Miners may show neurological, digestive and neurological disorders under such conditions. Continuous exposure of workers to high level noise may result in anatomical disturbances viz.