Rat-hole mining in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya is a people run enterprise. The state government does not benefit from the revenue generated, which explains the unregulated running of these small scale establishments.
Rat-hole mining in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya is a people run enterprise. The state government does not benefit from the revenue generated, which explains the unregulated running of these small scale establishments.
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