Proposal to reduce permissible limit of airborne asbetos dust

New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) The Indian Bureau of Mines has submitted that the ban imposed on grant and renewal of mining leases and expansion of mining may be lifted subject to control of pollution level in work environment of various operations and other remedial measures.

This was stated by Mines Minister Sis Ram Ola in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today The proposal to amend Regulation 124 of the Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961 by way of reducing permissible limit of airborne respirable asbestos fibre dust from 2 to 0.1-0.5 per millilitre of air is under consideration in consultation with Directorate General, Mines Safety (DGMS).

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