Land Degradation & Development | Environmental & Soil …
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. Mayank Pandey, ... More than 80% of the coal excavated from open cast mining, which is a damaging form of mining that is often associated with …
اقرأ أكثر
State, Market and the Crisis in Raniganj Coal Belt …
It ques- 1997-98 ECL's cumulative loss from the countries have undergone considerable tions the viability of applying such gross 64 mines, which produced 7 million tonnes …
اقرأ أكثر
Environmental degradation in Raniganj Coalfields …
Opencast mining turned it into a critically polluted area. Several studies, reports and data on pollution show that the ill effects of …
اقرأ أكثر
Damodar River Basin: Storehouse of Indian Coal
The Jamunia and the Khudia which flow over the Raniganj coalfields area are the main tributaries joined the Damodar River from north side. ... Forests and the agricultural operations are the major victims of the developmental activities in the Damodar valley. ... Hydrological and environmental impact of coal mining, Jharia coalfield, India ...
اقرأ أكثر
Life in India's Oldest Coal Belt Shows Why Plans for …
The Topsi and Kunistoria collieries in West Bengal are among 100 active coal mines in the Raniganj coal belt, India's oldest mine that has been operational since 1774. Nearly 250 years of coal extraction have meant that all the major jobs in the region revolve around mining and associated activities. Mining has also made the land infertile ...
اقرأ أكثر
(PDF) Impact of Coal Mining on Environment: A …
Home. Engineering. Mining Engineering. Coal Mining. Impact of Coal Mining on Environment: A Study of Raniganj and Jharia Coal Field in India. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities....
اقرأ أكثر
Assessing subsidence susceptibility to coal mining using
Few studies have been conducted on subsidence in Raniganj coalfield. Singh and Yadav used generalized coal model to examine subsidence in Ratibati and Shivadanga coal mines in Raniganj and Sadhu et al. examined the impact of coal mines on the surrounding soil quality. Coal has been extracted in this region using surface (opencast) …
اقرأ أكثر
(PDF) The impact of coal mining activities on land resources …
The major conseque ntial effects of coal mining are tr ansformation in habitat, landscape, and change in vegetation p attern, soil, air, water po llution, and waste management (Business Line 2000).
اقرأ أكثر
(PDF) Ecological Management and Land …
serious problem is the large area of ground collapse caused by coal mining (coal subsid- ence area). Studies have shown that mining millions of tons o f coal will result in 0.03–0.05
اقرأ أكثر
Environmental Impact Assessment of Coal Mining: Indian …
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 ...
اقرأ أكثر
An Overview of Soil Pollution and Remediation Strategies in Coal Mining
Coal remains a very important source of energy for the global economy. Surface and underground coal mining are the two major methods of coal extraction, and both have benefits and drawbacks. Surface coal mining can have a variety of environmental impacts including ecosystem losses, landscape alteration, soil …
اقرأ أكثر
Incredible Story of Raniganj Coalmine, Akshay Kumar's Next …
Raniganj coalmine was the first Indian coal mine, which opened in 1774 after a John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the British East India Company acquired a license for mining activities. The mine was nationalized in 1974 and the Coal Mines Authority of India took over. Hence, the Raniganj Rescue Mission was not a story of a …
اقرأ أكثر
Changing Land use Pattern in the Raniganj Coal Belt and Its …
These observations are very much relevant for Raniganj colliery region. It is one of the oldest collieries of India. At the time of nationalization of coal mines in India, 414 coal mines, almost entire Raniganj coalfield, came under the jurisdiction of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), established in 1975.
اقرأ أكثر
(PDF) Assessing subsidence susceptibility to coal mining …
Shivadanga coal mines in Raniganj and Sadhu et al. (2012) examined the impact of coal mines on the surrounding soil . quality. Coal has been extracted in this region using sur-
اقرأ أكثر
Degradation: A Case Study on Raniganj Coal Mine
Raniganj area known as mining zone, but several time natural hazards (land subsidence) occurs in the area, Subsidence in old workings leads to severe damage to surface structures. it is very much ...
اقرأ أكثر
Subsurface coal fires in the Raniganj coalbelt: …
This article links the risk of subsurface coal fires and human security issues by identifying and locating villages in a coal mining region in eastern India. For this purpose, Landsat …
اقرأ أكثر
Mission Raniganj: All You Need To Know About 1989's …
Dating back to 1774, the Raniganj Coal Mine holds a significant place in India's history as it was the nation's first coal mine. Late one night, as 220 dedicated coal miners were at work, the mine was hit with a disaster. A blast in the coal wall shattered the underground water table, leaving the miners trapped.
اقرأ أكثر
Coal Mining and Indigenous Communities: А Case Study …
Coal mining in India was started in Raniganj Coal field of the then Bengal, almost 200 years back. ... This study is pursued to assess the impact of coal mining activities on local community and ...
اقرأ أكثر
Trace element contamination in soils surrounding the open-cast coal
Trace element pollution of soils surrounding coal-mining areas affects the health of local communities. The increasing coal-mining and associated activities in the Raniganj basin (east India) have led to increased soil concentration of certain trace elements. To quantify the elevated trace element (TE) concentrations in the soil …
اقرأ أكثر
Opencast coal mining and rural livelihoods: a study …
This research article examines the impacts of coal mining on financial, physical, human, natural, and social capitals and how these capitals affect the rural livelihood practices in …
اقرأ أكثر
Surface coal mining impacts on land use change and
Coal plays a crucial role in global economic development and remains the most common and widely distributed fossil fuel worldwide. As the world's largest developing country, China's mining and utilization of coal resources have contributed significantly to the country's rapid economic growth. Inner Mongolia is an ecologically fragile arid and …
اقرأ أكثر
Paleo-environmental study of the Raniganj and Barakar …
The study considers the impact of the degree of weathered material constituting the sedimentary rocks on the strength of the Lower Gondwana coal measure rocks. The dependence of the strength of primary rocks on the alteration indices has been previously studied, but it is unknown for secondary/sedimentary rocks. Therefore, in this …
اقرأ أكثر
Evolution of Opencast Mines in the Raniganj …
The mushrooming growth of opencast mines in this coalfield causing huge waste dumps, depletion of vegetated surface, changing slope and drainage pattern, soil …
اقرأ أكثر
State, Market and the Crisis in Raniganj Coal Belt
the Raniganj coal belt, where most of these collieries are located. MINING IN RANIGANJ BELT ECL operates 121 coal mines, located in Burdwan, Bankura, Birbhum and Purulia districts of West Bengal and Dhanbad and Godda districts of Bihar. As many as 117 of these are located in the Raniganj belt of Burdwan district. In 1997-98 these mines
اقرأ أكثر
Copyright © 2015 by Academic Publishing House …
The present work is an attempt to bring into focus the impact of coal mining on the ... 2. a Nose pollution in the Raniganj and Jharia coal mines:
اقرأ أكثر
Degradation: A Case Study on Raniganj Coal Mine
Crucial Factors Influencing Environmental Degradation: A Case Study on Raniganj Coal Mine Belt, West-Bengal India. January 2015. Authors: Subhajit …
اقرأ أكثر
Changing Pattern of Land Use Land Cover Due to Sonepur
Mining is the most important economic activity in Raniganj coalfield area of West Bengal, India. At the same time, it has an immense number of negative impacts upon natural and social environment. Sonepur–Bazari mine is one of the biggest open cast coal mines of Eastern Coalfield Limited, which has started its journey from 1995. The present …
اقرأ أكثر
Opencast coal mining and rural livelihoods: a study of
This research article examines the impacts of coal mining on financial, physical, human, natural, and social capitals and how these capitals affect the rural livelihood practices in the Sonepur-Bazari opencast coal mining area in Raniganj coalfield of West Bengal, India. ... as the local communities are the ultimate victims of the mining ...
اقرأ أكثر
MINE DISASTER MANAGEMENT LEADING TO A WORLD …
Mining is the most hazardous peacetime profession in the world and coal mining is more so for underground fire or explosions. Mining disasters are usually accidents with 5 or more fatalities and ...
اقرأ أكثر
In West Bengal's coal belt, villagers are struggling with …
The Asansol-Raniganj belt in West Bengal's Paschim Barddhaman district has seen extensive coal mining for over two centuries now. Commercial coal mining first started in India in 1774 in modern ...
اقرأ أكثر