Context: Coal mines of Coal India Limited have been closed/abandoned/discontinued due to depletion of reserve, spontaneous heating, safety reasons, inundation, adverse techno-economics, financial losses, adverse geo-mining conditions, surface constraints, conversion to opencast mine, etc.
The abandoned quarries of Coal India Limited(CIL) are used for the following purposes:
Dumping /Filling of fly ash in to the worked out area for suitable reclamation.
Development of eco and mine tourism parks
Afforestation
Pisciculture
Source to supply of drinking water and other domestic use.
Generation of sand from overburden of opencast mines at few places
