Environment & Ecology
Context: Recently, Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) invented method for Controlling Generation and Movement of Fugitive Dust.
About New Dust Control Technology:
- It aims to minimize and control the fugitive dust in mining areas.
- Useful in Coal Mines, Thermal Power Plants, Railway Sidings and Ports
- It will help in reducing the dust generation from open sources.
- it will provide noise attenuation.
- Fugitive dust is a type of particulate matter that causes air pollution because it is produced by many sources but is released into the atmosphere without passing through a confined flow stream.
About Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL):
- CMPDIL is a Government of India enterprise having its corporate headquarters at Ranchi in India.
- It is a fully owned subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL) and a Schedule-B company.
- It is a Mini Ratna (Category I) company since June 2019 and ISO 9001 certified since March 1998.
- In January 1974, CMPDI started functioning as a division of the then recently constituted Coal Mines Authority Limited (CMAL), and the planning wing of erstwhile National Coal Development Corporation (NCDC) forming its nucleus.
- In November 1975, CMAL was merged to form Coal India Limited, and CMPDI attained the status of a public limited company under CIL with declared scope of its business under its Memorandum of Association broadly in line with its original proposal.
Source: PIB
Previous Year Questions
Q.1) Magnetite particles, suspected to cause neurodegenerative problems are generated as environmental pollutants from which of the following? (2022)
- Brakes of motor vehicles
- Engines of motor vehicles
- Microwave stoves within homes
- Power plants
- Telephone lines
Select the correct answer using the code given below
- 1, 2, 3 and 5only
- 1, 2 and 4 only
- 3, 4 and 5 only
- 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Q.2) “R2 Code of Practices” constitute a tool available for promoting the adoption of (2022)
- Environmentally responsible practices in the electronics recycling industry
- Ecological management of ‘’Wetlands of International Importance” under the Ramsar Convention
- Sustainable practices in the cultivation of agricultural crops in degraded lands
- ‘’Environmental Impact Assessment’’ in the exploitation of natural resources
