Environmental Impact of Stone mining areas on Adjoining Rural Settlements of Rohtas District in Bihar

Abstract

The stone mining industry of Rohtas district is a boon of socio economic development of the study area. Because it provides important raw materials for the house and building construction in and around the region and employment for more than 10,000 of skilled and unskilled labors and entrepreneurs. But this industry provide a vital problem for the general environment due to the unbalanced echo system around the areas. It causes a number of physical social and biological problems from which the rural people are facing. Thus this industry requires a proper management for the well being of the entrepreneur as well as general people of the areas.