Section 18(18) in Gujarat Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2017
(18)Machinery and plant. - (a) Where heavy earth moving machinery is used in mines, the lessee shall maintain log books duly authenticated by the manager or mining engineer of such mines in respect of each machine showing date-wise account of hours worked, hours not worked, reasons for non-working, consumption of fuel/energy and lubricants and output of the machine during the corresponding working hours.(b)The summary of operation of each machine shall be recorded in the log book at the end of each month bringing out the percentage availability and percentage utilization of the machine, average hourly performance and average fuel/energy consumption per hour.(c)The log books may be maintained in electronic form or in hard copy and shall be made available to the officer authorised by the Government on demand.
