Satellite Surveillances of Coal Mines
Coal India Limited has already introduced satellite image monitoring through Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDIL) for its opencast mines (OC) on annual basis from the year 2008 onwards.
Satellite image monitoring system for 50 OC mines producing more that 5 million cubic metre of coal of overburden together, has been taken up in phase-I.
113 OC mines producing less than 5 million cubic metre of coal & OB together will be brought under satellite image monitoring at a regular interval of 3 years from the year 2011-12 in phase-II.
There is specific MOU target for afforestation between Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited. The target for the current year i.e. 2010-11, as per MOU for tree plantation is 13.20 lakhs. During 2010-11, till December 2010, 15.60 lakhs of trees have been planted and the biological reclamation done during the year, for 610 ha of land.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal, Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha today.
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