Economic liabilities of environmental pollution by coal mining: Indian scenario |
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| Authors: | Y C Sharma P Aggarwal T N Singh |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India;(2) Department of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India;(3) Earth Sciences Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, 400076, India |
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| Abstract: | India is the first country to introduce environmental legislation in the constitution but because of lengthy legal procedures,
it is very difficult to control environmental deterioration. There are many factors responsible for this deterioration. Coal
mining is one such activity where deterioration is very severe and the present communication aims this aspect. Coal is the
one of the most essential mineral having large reserves in India. It’s mining and beneficiation produce a variety of pollutants.
The main pollutants emitted during the processing of coal are green house gases, coal dust and acid mine drainage. Many reports
on different aspects of coal mining are available including reports on emission of different pollutants but the present work
is probably only of it’s kind in which the authors have tried to determine environment liability directly in terms of economy.
It was found that greenhouse liabilities, coal dust liability and sulphur liability are accounted for 12.07, 5.0 and 101.97
US$, making an overall 2.4% of the total economic gains due to coal mining. During the calculations approximate number of
total workers and other parameters have been taken into consideration. Who pays for this irreversible damage is a question.
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| Keywords: | Coal mining Economic losses Economic liabilities Recommendations Model |
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