Mitigation Plan for Identified Problems Faced by the Marble Industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Salim Raza1*, Khan Gul Jadoon2, Sajjad Hussain1, Zahid ur Rehman1, Saira Sherin1 and Noor Muhammad1
Dimension stone production of the world (Rehman et al., 2018).
Blocks loading with the help of a simple winch machine used in Buner area.
Marble quarry sites in Mohmand Ex-Agency (Source: Khan, 2018).
Five working faces were closed due to accumulation of waste on the sites in district Buner.
Accident occur due to high and hanging working face fall at Ziarat marble quarry, District Muhmand in September 2020.
Irregular/potato shaped blocks (waste) produced during existing marble extraction techniques in District Nowshera.
Waste produced as a result of marble processing in a processing unit in District Buner.
Cracks developed in the block due to indiscriminate blasting under the existing mining techniques in District Mardan.
