The Ministry of Mines (MoM) on July 26, 2023, issued a notification regarding the Mining Surveillance System.
The following has been stated namely: -
• The Mining Surveillance system was developed to assist the State Governments to detect and curb illegal mining activities.
• The system checks a region of 500 meters around the existing mining lease boundary using satellitic imagery to search for any unusual activity which is likely to be illegal mining. Any discrepancy found is flagged-off as a trigger.
• A mobile app for MSS has also been developed for Citizens and State Governments.
[Release ID: 1942813]
