Coal & Lignite Public Sectors establishes 16 Eco-Parks over last 5 years to promote tourism

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Coal, Coal, and Lignite Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have established 16 eco-parks and mine tourism sites in and around coal mining areas over the past five years. These initiatives aim to promote environmental regeneration as well as tourism and recreational activities.

To enhance the green cover in and around coalfields, PSUs such as Coal India Limited (CIL), NLC India Limited (NLCIL), and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) have implemented innovative techniques alongside traditional methods of plantation.

These include three-tier plantations, seed ball plantations, Miyawaki plantations, High-Tech cultivation, bamboo plantations, and plantations on overburden dumps using drip irrigation, etc.

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The Coal & Lignite PSUs have created a green cover on 10,942 Ha of land as part of their plantation and bio-reclamation efforts in and around coal and lignite mining areas during the last 5 years. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) prescribes various specific and general conditions related to plantation in the Environmental Clearance (EC) of coal mining projects.

These conditions encompass measures for plantation on reclaimed degraded forest and non-forest lands. As per the EC conditions, for reclamation and green belt development, plantations are carried out in coal mining areas, including external overburden dumps and reclaimed degraded forest as well as non-forest lands.

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