The National Institute of Engineering

Mysuru-570008

Department of Information Science and Engineering

Section “k”

Technical English-1 Course Assignment

On the topic :

“A Life Without Colours” 1

 LETTER
From
Team 4,
I St. Year , ISE Branch,
‘K’ Section
The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore.

Date : 14 January 2022

To,
Mrs. Chitra Ramesh
Asst. Prof. Technical English
The National Institute of Engineering,
Mysuru – 570008.

Subject : Seeking permission to make a documentary.

Respected Ma’am,
Our team “Dark Treasure” are interested in making a documentary on ”A Life Without Color” as a part of our technical English
assignment.
We request you to kindly permit us for making this documentary, we will be very thankful.

Thank you,
Yours Faithfully,
Team Dark Treasure.

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Impact of coal on
Environment
 INTRODUCTION
There are many advantages of coal to human life but it also has
severe effects on the environment.
We are now going to have a look on some of the most deadly
effects of the coal on environment

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 Global Warming!
The most dangerous effect is non other than global warming.

Coal is mostly carbon, which, when burned, reacts with oxygen in

the air to produce carbon dioxide, a heat trapping gas.
When released into the atmosphere, carbon dioxide works like a
blanket, warming the earth above normal limits

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 Consequences of Global
Warming

Drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather,

and species loss. The severity of those impacts is tied
directly to the amount of carbon dioxide we release,
including from coal plants.

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 Air Pollution
When coal is burned it releases a number of airborne toxins and pollutants.
They include mercury, lead, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulates,
and various other heavy metals. Health impacts can range from asthma and
breathing difficulties, to brain damage, heart problems, cancer, neurological
disorders, and premature death.

More than five lakh children died prematurely in INDIA in due to

dangerous levels of outdoor air pollution and over 97,000 of fetuses died
after being exposed to pollutants from coal burning, a new report revealed
on Thursday.
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 Water Polluti n

When you burn charcoal in your grill at home, ash is leftover. The same is
true for coal-fired power plants, which produce more than 100 million
tons of coal ash every year. More tan half of that waste ends up in ponds,
lakes, landfills, and other sites where, over time, it can contaminate
waterways and drinking water supplies.
There are some startling facts :

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✘ Of the 274 coal plants that discharge coal ash and scrubber wastewater into
our rivers, lakes, streams, and bays, nearly 70% have no limits on the toxics
most commonly found in these discharges ( arsenic, boron, cadmium, lead,
mercury, and selenium ).
✘ Of these 274 coal plants, more than one-third have no requirements to
monitor or report discharges of these toxic metals to government agencies or
the public.
✘ A total of 71 coal plants surveyed discharge toxic water pollution into rivers,
lakes, streams, and bays that have already been declared impaired due to poor
water quality.

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Coal Kills Corals
✘ It contributes to heating up the world’s seas
and oceans. Increased annual water
temperatures cause coral deaths
✘ It involves in process called coral bleaching
in sea.

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Impact of Coal Mines on
Nearby Villages and Coal
miners.
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 Why coal is important for INDIA ??

Although we have started to look for other

sources of renewable energy, but to date coal is
still the number one energy source of India.
It accounts for 55% of the country’s energy need.
Having the large reserve of coal, India is the
second largest coal producing nation in the world.

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 Cheap but dirty source of fuel
• These coal mines especially opencast have a severe impact on the
people working in coal mines as well as people living nearby.

• Has many Health Hazards especially on coal miners.

• The local people especially Farmers are the worst suffers as they are
deprived of farming due to the coal ash that come out of these coal
miners.

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 Health Hazards
Coal dust inhalation can cause BLACK LUNG DISEASE.

Miners and those who live in nearby towns and villages are the most
affected.

Cardiopulmonary disease, Hypertension, COPD and kidney disease are

found in higher rates in people who live near these coal mines.

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 The Coal Miners
Miners are the only victim of adverse effects if coal mining. They face
great physical risk due to accidents, explosion and mine collapses.
Miners are also directly exposed to toxic metals, increasing their risk for
fatal Lung Cancer, Heart, Respiratory and Kidney disaster.
According to a report presented before Lok Sabha revealed that 377
workers involved in mining of coal etc were killed in accidents
between 2015 to 2017.

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COAL MINES IN
INDIA

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VARIOUS PLACES WHERE COAL
MINES IS LOCATED

• Coal India Limited has 352 mines (as on 1st April, 2020) of

which 158 are underground, 174 opencast and 20 mixed
mines. CIL further operates 12 coal washeries, (10 coking coal
and 2 non-coking coal) and also manages other
establishments like workshops, hospitals, and so on.

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SOME OF THE IMPORTANT COAL
MINES OF INDIA

MINES STATES
Jharia Jharkhand
Bokaro Jharkhand
Raniganj West Bengal
Talcher Odisha
Nevyeli Tamil Nadu

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