Assessment of closed coal mines for alternate land use to promote sustainable economic regeneration

Abstract

The areas based on resources and developed accordingly, eventually contend with a variety of pressures because of the depletion of resources leading to restructuring of the economic system. A streamlined environmental betterment and economic transition significant of resource-depleting mining sites has been enabled. The Western Coal Fields hold the second highest abandoned coal mine sites pursuant to Ministry of Coal, Government of India. With a vision of understanding the current scenario at the site followed by identifying land uses by preparing a site map, with the fundamental step of understanding the environmental suitability, conducting preliminary survey, preference of locals leading to factors influencing the type of activity for that area, viability of the alternate land use in the reclaimed mine site with driving forces, and collection of documental information regarding the land use activity to be proposed will lead to the restoration of the area. Proposing alternate landuse to Ghugus open cast coal mines of Chandrapur district of Maharashtra is a concern of this study.