Environmental Aspects of Mining and Waste Recoveries: Case Study of Impact Assessment in Goa and Sukinda—India

摘要

Environmental protection and management is the primary responsibility of the mineral industries and the same lies with the mine planners, operators, Research and Development Organisations. Government also plays a major role for setting environmental standards and implementation of the same through individuals and mining organizations. Increasingly, the Government, mining Industries and local Community are working in tandem to protect the environment towards sustainable development. In this context, several regulations were enacted by the Government from time to time for mitigation of the problems faced by the mining Industries with appropriate abatement measures. To address the problems of the mining and sustainable development, both on regional and local scale two sites were selected for this purpose. One site comprises the Pale-Pissurlem group of mines covering 11 iron ore mines in North Goa district and the other site comprises 11 Chromite mines in Sukinda Valley of Jajpur district in Orissa. The objective of these studies was to assess the Regional Environmental Impact followed by preparation of Regional Environmental Management Plans so as to enable different executors and regulatory authorities to frame necessary guidelines. The results of these studies can be used as a model for taking up similar studies in other areas having cluster of mines.