Volume : III, Issue : I, January - 2014

Environmental Challenges & Control Measures of Mining In India

Galab Khan Pathan, Rajdeep Das, Dambarudhar Bhoi

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Coal is vital for its energy security, as it is the most important fossil fuel in India. It is India\'s Least-cost source of primary energy and currently meets two-thirds of the country\'s energy needs. The power sector is the largest consumer, followed by the industrial sector—the major consumers being steel, cement, and ick-manufacturing units. Coal therefore remains essential in achieving a diverse, balanced and secure energy mix. While coal is poised for significant growth, it faces significant and mounting social and environmental challenges. Environmental concerns will be the key to the coal industry’s future. Relative to other fossil fuels, coal is less energy efficient and pollutes more. The primary concerns at the regional levels have to do with the environmental impacts on air, water, land, forest, biodiversity, climate and the costs of mitigating these. Even with its major hurdles, coal will remain a future mainstay, a foundation and a fundament of our economy. Coal has a crucial role in meeting current needs and is a resource idge to meet future goals through the enhancement of knowledge and technology, the challenge is to apply the right technology in the most efficient and environmentally friendly way.

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Galab Khan Pathan, Rajdeep Das, Dambarudhar Bhoi Environmental Challenges & Control Measures of Mining In India International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.I January 2014

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