If this policy is implemented, it could mean a huge investment opportunity for private and foreign players. Under the Make in India Initiative, foreign direct investment (FDI) has been allowed up to 100 …
Mining is an important activity for India. With 3527 mining leases for 40 major minerals, extending a total lease area of roughly 315,986 hectares, India is a major producer of crucial minerals. The mineral resource sector has the potential to impact environmental sustainability, social inclusion, and economic development.
The severity of the effects of coal mining is mainly influenced by factors such as the area's geology, and composition of overburden and minerals in the coal, ... The Ophiolites of northeast India: a subduction zone …
The proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has raised potential concerns in the Northeastern states, with over 220 ethnic groups dreading how their centuries-old customs may get impacted. More than 220 different ethnic groups are living in the Northeast of the country. (Photo: File/AP)
This paper throws light on the bibliometric review of the impact of coal mining in India over the past 50 years, emphasizing environmental, especially water-related impacts. The data were refined from the Web of Science database and analyzed in a bibliometric map visualization software tool, VOSviewer, to grasp the research focus, …
northeast India is given in Table 1. Sub-bituminous tertiary coal of northeast India was. deposited under the influence of marine …
Acid mine drainage is a serious environmental issue in the coalmining areas of Northeast India. Coals of Northeast India, namely Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland, contain high sulfur (2–7 %), high volatile matter (30–50 %), and low ash (Mukherjee, 2003; Singh et al., 2012, 2013). ... Impact of open cast coal mining …
Coal mining in India has resulted in significant changes in land use/land cover in several coal fields of India posing a serious environmental threat including reduced forest cover, contaminating ...
mining in India", The Journal of Health and Place17 (2011) pp 140-148. David I Stern (2003) Department of Ec onomics,Rensselaer Polytechnic I nsyituteTroy, NY 12180"T he Environmental Cuznets ...
landholding system in north-east India, there is very little space to ave rt commercial mining of c oal as landowners enjoy exc lusive land rights guaranteed under the 6 th Schedule of the Indian ...
Acid mine drainage is a serious environmental issue in the coalmining areas of Northeast India. Coals of Northeast India, namely Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland, contain high sulfur (2–7 % ... Environmental impact of coal mining on water regime and its management. Water Air Soil Pollut., 132 (2001), pp. 185-199. …
Moreover, the central impact of mining is long term and devastating as it shades negative impacts on local air and water quality, depletion of natural resources, …
Northeast India has a good deposit of sub-bituminous tertiary coal. The northeast Indian coals have unusual physico-chemical characteristics such as high sulfur, volatile matter …
The global impact of coal mining and associated activities on land use/land cover (LULC) changes is significant. This study used Landsat satellite images from 1990 to 2020 to assess LULC changes and their impact on land surface temperature (LST) in four districts of Chhattisgarh state, India. Over three decades, Korba and Raigarh districts …
Chabukdhara, Mayuri and Singh, O.P. (2016) Coal Mining in Northeast India: An Overview of Environmental Issues and Treatment Approaches. Internat. Jour. …
2. HISTORY OF MINING INDUSTRY IN INDIA India has a long history of commercial coal mining beginning from 1774 with M/s Sumner & Heatly of the East India Company in the Ranigunj area ─ a portion of undivided Bengal-Bihar and Orissa unit. This unit was administrated by the Bengal Presidency under the leadership of Warren Hastings.
The Coal Mines Nationalization (Amendment) Act of 1993 allows coal mining leases to central and state governments, and to anyone provided with a sub …
In his article on the impacts of mining industries on . the lives of tribal people in Jharkhand, Areeparampil (1996) revealed that excessive exploitation of natural . ... In North-East India, land ...
Bio-diversity. The first and direct impact of mining operations in forested areas is the eviction of forests which alters the food availabilities and wildlife habitat. Kumar and Pandey (2013) 62 noticed …
Study site and Methodology. A study area of about 420 km2 was selected in the core of coal mining belt of the Jaintia Hills district (92°13'52'' to 92°25'16''E and 25°16'7'' to 25°27'28''N) of ...
A Case Study on the effects of Coal Mining in the Environment Particularly in Relation to Soil, Water and Air causing a socio economic Hazard in Asansol-Raniganj Area, India IRJSS, 3(8), 39 ...
In North-east India specifically in Nagaland and Meghalaya, ... Impact of coal mining on land use dynamics and soil quality: Assessment of land degradation vulnerability through conjunctive use of analytical hierarchy process and geospatial techniques. Land Degradation & Development, 33(16), 3310–3324. Article Google Scholar
India also called for greater clarity regarding climate finance for transition. Those arguing against India's position focused on the domestic impact of its continued coal usage, most notably pollution which reportedly killed 1.7 million people in the country in 2019 and shortened the lives of millions more. Coal's relationship with politics
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3.1 Historical Background and Current Situation of Coal Mining in Meghalaya, North-East India "Coal mining was initiated in North-East India by Medlicott in 1869 and 1874" [15]. ... DOI: 10.1007/s40009-014-0346-0 Sarma K. Impact of coal mining on vegetation: A case study in jaintia hills district of Meghalaya, India ...
The present study was undertaken to analyze the impact of coal mining on plant diversity and tree population structure as affected by its proximity. The study revealed that the number of tree species was low in all the mining sites due to various activities during the mining as compared to adjacent unmined area, however, mining sites was represented …
1. Erosion. One of the effects of mining on the environment is erosion. The enormous Ok Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea is a perfect example of how nearby areas can be significantly impacted by the erosion of exposed slopes, mine dumps, tailings dams, and the resulting siltation of drainages, creeks, and rivers.
Surface mining for coal and subsequent mine reclamation have been extensive in Chandrapur. The Erai watershed is in fact undergoing much more widespread surface mining. Application of remote sensing and GIS for the temporal assessment of areas involved in extensive mining could greatly facilitate assessments of mining …
Explores impact of mining on deforestation across 314 districts of India for 2001–2014. •. Impact of key minerals such as iron, coal, bauxite, limestone and granite is assessed. •. Coal, iron or limestone producing districts suffered 450 sq …
Mining and processing activities of limestone can cause respiratory diseases and cover houses, plants, soil, etc. (Sutrisno and Azhari, 2020). In addition, limestone mining activities will also ...
Allowing private commercial miners was a major move, and its positive effects extend beyond the coal industry. It is good that they have turned their attention …
Environmental effects of mining can occur at local, regional, and global scales through direct and indirect mining practices. Mining can cause erosion, sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, or the contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface water by chemicals emitted from mining processes. These processes also affect the atmosphere through …
