Lok Sabha Question No. 893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Land Damaged Due to Mining of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK

## 893. SHRI B.V. NAIK:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  area  of  land  damaged  due  to  mining  of  coal  in  each  State  till  date  since independence and the area of land likely to be damaged in each State per year during the coming years, State and company-wise;
- (b) the  authority  responsible  to  reclaim  the  damaged  land  and  area  of  land  reclaimed  till  date along with the area of land made cultivable, State-wise; and
- (c) the plans to make this damaged land cultivable by reclaiming it, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  COAL, POWER AND NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY  (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): The land affected due to mining in the command area of Coal India Limited (CIL) state-wise is furnished in the Table-I below.

| Table - I   | Table - I   | Table - I     | Table - I          |
|-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------------|
| SL No       | SUBSIDIARY  | STATE         | LAND AFFECTED (Ha) |
| 1           | ECL         | WEST BENGAL   | 2067.44            |
| 2           | ECL         | JHARKHAND     | 1394.28            |
| 3           | BCCL        | JHARKHAND     | 6294.00            |
| 4           | CCL         | JHARKHAND     | 20000.00           |
| 5           | NCL         | UTTAR PRADESH | 1977.00            |
| 6           | NCL         | MADHYAPRADESH | 4573.00            |
| 7           | WCL         | MAHARASTRA    | 8505.76            |
| 8           | WCL         | MADHYAPRADESH | 802.58             |
| 9           | SECL        | CHATTISHGARH  | 5690.07            |
| 10          | SECL        | MADHYAPRADESH | 1700.07            |
| 11          | MCL         | ODISHA        | 4771.00            |
| 12          | NEC         | ASSAM         | 655.00             |

The area of land likely to be mined in each state during subsequent years is furnished in the Table-II below.

| Table-II   | Table-II   | Table-II      | Table-II                                  |
|------------|------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|
| SL No      | SUBSIDIARY | STATE         | LAND LIKEY TO BE MINED IN SUBSEQUENT YEAR |
| 1          | ECL        | WEST BENGAL   | Approx 257-306 Ha/year                    |
| 2          | ECL        | JHARKHAND     | Approx 88-167 Ha/year                     |
| 3          | BCCL       | JHARKHAND     | Approx 70-80 Ha/year                      |
| 4          | CCL        | JHARKHAND     | Approx 110-150 Ha/year                    |
| 5          | NCL        | UTTAR PRADESH | Approx 50 Ha / Year                       |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 893 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04.2016

## Land Damaged Due to Mining of Coal

|   6 |      | MADHYAPRADESH   | Approx 200 Ha /Year    |
|-----|------|-----------------|------------------------|
|   7 | WCL  | MAHARASTRA      | Approx 300 Ha / Year   |
|   8 | WCL  | MADHYAPRADESH   | Approx 30 Ha /Year     |
|   9 | SECL | CHATTISHGARH    | Approx 570 Ha / Year   |
|  10 | SECL | MADHYAPRADESH   | Approx 300 Ha /Year    |
|  11 | MCL  | ODISHA          | Approx 214-357 Ha/year |
|  12 | NEC  | ASSAM           | Approx 30-35 Ha/year   |

However,  any  increase  of  the  degraded  land  area  is  continuously  off  setted  through  biological reclamation & its final ecological restoration where ever possible.

(b) & (c): The  authority  responsible  to  reclaim  the  mined  out  area  is  the  coal  company concerned. Every project being operated by opencast/underground mining methods has an approved mine  closure  plan  wherein  the  partial  &  final  reclamation  of  the  mined  out  area  is  outlined.  The project proponent is responsible for implementing mine closure plan. The area reclaimed till date is furnished in the Table-III below

| Table - III   | Table - III   | Table - III   | Table - III         |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
| SL No         | SUBSIDIARY    | STATE         | LAND RECLAIMED (Ha) |
| 1             | ECL           | WEST BENGAL   | 1442.17             |
| 2             | ECL           | JHARKHAND     | 612.27              |
| 3             | BCCL          | JHARKHAND     | 3760.47             |
| 4             | CCL           | JHARKHAND     | 3650.00             |
| 5             | NCL           | UTTAR PRADESH | 1242.00             |
| 6             | NCL           | MADHYAPRADESH | 1791.00             |
| 7             | WCL           | MAHARASTRA    | 3947.11             |
| 8             | WCL           | MADHYAPRADESH | 565.36              |
| 9             | SECL          | CHATTISHGARH  | 2547.49             |
| 10            | SECL          | MADHYAPRADESH | 1115.38             |
| 11            | MCL           | ODISHA        | 1372.63             |
| 12            | NEC           | ASSAM         | 86.00               |

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