Section 152(7) in The Coal Mines Regulations, 2011
(7)Every application for permission under sub-regulation (6) shall be accompanied by two copies of a plan and section showing the eXisting position of the working of the mine, the proposed layout of working, the depth of the surface, the position and depth of any goaves in every seam in the neighborhood, all faults, dikes and other geological disturbances and such other particulars as may affect the safety of the mine or of the persons employed therein.Explanation. - Where sand or alluvium are lying in the course of a river, canal, lake, tank or reservoir, the depth from the surface shall be reckoned from the surface of hard ground underlying such sand or alluvium.
