Question : PROJECT IN NALCO



(a) whether the Government has received any proposal for sound, dust and tremor monitoring project in National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO); and

(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken by the Government thereon?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINES (SHRI DINSHA PATEL)

(a) & (b): Ministry of Mines has not received any proposal from National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) for sound, dust and tremor monitoring project. However, as informed by NALCO, measurement of noise, dust and vibration from blasting activities in their Panchpatmali bauxite mines are being undertaken as per 8th Conference on Safety on Mine 1993, Regulation 124-Dust (Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961) and Directorate General of Mines Safety technical circular No. 18, 1975, through third parties.