Environmental degradation in India's oldest coal mining belt leaves locals gasping for relief
Environmental degradation in India’s oldest coal mining belt leaves locals gasping for relief by Aritra Bhattacharya on 9 March 2021 Decades of unabated coal mining can irreversibly change the character of an area and that is the story of Raniganj Coalfields, India’s oldest coalfield area spread over West Bengal and parts of Jharkhand. Although mining started in this area in 1774, environmental degradation worsened when open-cast mines made their appearance 30 years ago. The area was even declared critically polluted by the Central Pollution Control Board during this period but nothing c...
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