The illegal mining in Muli, Qinghai Province has formed a sinkhole. Will this affect the lives of residents?

Judging from the video reported on TV, the sinkhole formed by illegal mining in Muli, Qinghai Province is like opening the grassland, and the destroyed area is endless and shocking. In fact, the life of local residents has been most directly and profoundly affected by the tiankeng formed by illegal mining in Muli, Qinghai.

In the short term, this poses a threat to the health of residents. In the process of mining, mining companies may recruit some local residents to work in the mining area, which provides local employment opportunities and promotes the income of local residents. But at the same time, the mining of minerals, especially the open-pit mining like Muli in Qinghai, has the greatest pollution to the local environment. Because it is illegal, there is no relevant precedent, so in terms of environmental protection measures, there are definitely insufficient or even no measures. The direct environmental pollution is air pollution. From the reported video, we can see that the vehicles in the mining area are all covered with black dust, so we can imagine how bad the surrounding air quality is. Residents nearby have lived around the mining area for a long time, and every breath seems to be there? Taking drugs? The health of nearby residents will certainly be greatly threatened.

In the long run, this is not good for the sustainable development of local residents. Originally, local residents could use grasslands to graze cattle and develop animal husbandry. But now, after mining minerals, a devastated land has been left, and the soil quality has declined. It is very difficult to reuse this land in the future. Moreover, after destroying the soil in this way, it is easy to cause soil erosion, further affecting the surrounding geological environment, and may cause geological disasters such as collapse and landslide in the surrounding areas, thus further threatening the lives and property safety of local residents.

If the illegal mining incident hadn't been exposed, there would have been mining companies and absenteeism from other places. They made a lot of money after digging the mine and left happily, leaving a lot of future troubles. These troubles will put the lives and property of local residents at a disadvantage.