The NREGA workforce will be engaged to cover the abandoned asbestos mines in Udaipur region. A letter in this regard has been issued by the rural development and panchayati raj department of Rajasthan government.
Earlier, DNA had published reports highlighting how people living in nearby villages were exposed to asbestosis disease due to the uncovered abandoned mines. Later, the State Human Rights Commission too had taken cognizance of the issue. Rana Sengupta, managing trustee of Mine Labour Protection Campaign (MLPC), said that the SC in 1986 had ordered the government to close abandoned mines.
The Rajasthan government decided to let the mining continue but not renew the leases. Slowly, all asbestos mining in Jharol and Gogunda areas of Udaipur region got closed. But due to open asbestos mines, the tribals living in nearby villages were exposed to the threat of asbestosis disease.
“Several letters were written to the mining department, but they refused to fill the pits saying that there is no provision in the rules to do that,” said Rana Sengupta. Asbestosis is a de-notified disease which can infect a person even 15 years after one leaves mining activity.
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Courtesy: dna
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