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Changing Pattern of Land Use Land Cover Due to Sonepur–Bazari Open Cast Coal Mine and Its Impact on Surrounding Area, West Bengal, India

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Mining is the most important economic activity in Raniganj coalfield area of West Bengal, India. At the same time, it has an immense number of negative impacts upon natural and social environment. Sonepur–Bazari mine is one of the biggest open cast coal mines of Eastern Coalfield Limited, which has started its journey from 1995. The present study focuses on the land use land cover change (2008–2018) in and around the Sonepur–Bazari and its surrounding area with the help of satellite imagery. Landsat images of 2008, 2014 and 2018 have been used to find out the changes. Different land use classes have been identified by applying visual interpretation method. The study also employed analytical hierarchy process (AHP) coupled with GIS to understand the intensity of risk of the surrounding villages. By the use of participatory rural appraisal approach (PRA), social impact of mining activities has been analysed. The study reveals that the expansion of the mine causes several changes in the surrounding area. Crop land has been affected the most by decreasing the area of 7.73 km2 from 2008 to 2018. The loss of traditional economic activities has been increased due to reduction in the crop land area. Hence, in post-displacement period agriculture shifted in fifth position from first, out of seven major economic activities in the study area. The analysis of AHP highlights that 51.70% of the total area is under the high risk zone.

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Acknowledgements

The first author would acknowledge her special thanks to the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India, for the fellowship assistance. We acknowledge our thanks to the residents of Sonepur–Bazari area for cooperating with us. We are also very thankful to the officials of Sonepur–Bazari Area Office for providing research-related data.

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Mondal, R., Mistri, B. Changing Pattern of Land Use Land Cover Due to Sonepur–Bazari Open Cast Coal Mine and Its Impact on Surrounding Area, West Bengal, India. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 50, 1651–1665 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01559-y

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