Consider the following statements regarding rat-hole mining in India:
1. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned rat-hole mining in 2014, citing its hazardous impacts on workers and the environment.
2. Rat-hole mining is a method of extracting coal from narrow seams using small vertical shafts and horizontal tunnels.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1
1 only
2
2 only
3
Both 1 and 2
4
Neither 1 nor 2