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Figure 1.
a. Proposed location of lignite mines.
b. Drainage system proposed as protected area in Lakhpat and Abdasa Taloka, Kutch.
Figure 2. Some important sources of impacts in a mining project.
Figure 3. Potential environmental impacts of mining.
Plate
Plate 1. Mining operations in progress at Panandhro.
Plate 2. Lease area of proposed Mata-no-Madh Lignite Mine.
Plate 3. Lease area of proposed Umarsar Lignite Mine.
Plate 4. Lease area of proposed Akrimota Lignite Mine.
Plate 5. Animal evidences used to evaluate wildlife values of an area.
Plate 6. A lactating female wolf sighted in the proposed Umarsar Lignite Mine lease area.
Plate 7. Caracal in the buffer zone of proposed Mata-no-Madh mining area.
Plate 8. A flock of Great Indian Bustards in the buffer zone of proposed Mata-no-Madh mining area.
Plate 9.
a. Undisturbed Wolf and Caracal habitat in Mata-no-Madh mine lease area.
b. Mined area of Panandhro Lignite Mine.
c. Reclaimed mine land of Panandhro mine.
Plate 10. Secondary impacts of mining; Increased unsustainable use of fuel wood extraction.
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