India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has censured sate-miner Coal India Limited (CIL) on environmental discipline, air quality monitoring, high polluting operations and contamination of ground water.
In a report, “Assessment of Environmental Impact due to Mining Activities and its Mitigation in Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries,” CAG has observed that pollutants levels exceeded the limits prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards at eight mines.