Khan Prahahri

Khan Prahari App is a tool of Ministry of Coal for reporting any activity taking place related to illegal coal mining like rat hole mining, pilferage etc. Using the app, one can upload geo-tagged photographs of incident along with textual information directly to system. It uses both satellite data and human information to capture information on unauthorised mining activities.

• The app was launched on July 06, 2018 and the app is part of the Coal Mine Surveillance & Management System (CMSMS).
• The CMSMS is web based GIS (Geographic Information System) application through which location of sites for unauthorised mining can be detected.
• The objective of CMSMS is reporting, monitoring and taking suitable action on unauthorised coal mining activities. The basic platform used in the system is of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology’s (MeiTY) map which provides village level information.