Government has announced safety audit for all 418 mines in the country in the wake of the open cast coal mine disaster in Jharkhand's Godda district last week. At least 18 people were killed in the incident. <br/><br/>The audit would be carried out by DG Mining Safety on a priority basis based on the size of the mines. Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said this after the Confederation of Indian Industry National Council Meeting in Kolkata yesterday. He said, first 58 large mines of the country would be covered where annual composite overburden production is between one to five million cubic metres. <br/><br/>Mr Goyal said, government is committed to zero accident target. He said, inputs from external experts may be taken like Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research and others. The Minister said, the safety actions like anti-collision system for dumpers, electronic Tele Monitoring system, Geo technical cells in Coal India mines for slope stability and gas Monitoring system among others had been taken.