MAPPING COAL BLOCKS AND FOREST COVER

28 MAY 2010

1. This document contains maps showing the coal block boundaries

vis-à-vis forest cover in 9 major coal fields across India.

2. These maps are an outcome of a joint exercise undertaken by

Ministry of Environment & Forests through the Forest Survey of India

(FSI) and the Ministry of Coal through the Central Mine Planning &

Design Institute Limited (CMPDI), indicating the forest cover and

location of already identified coal blocks.

3. The exercise is aimed to facilitate transparent and objective granting

of forestry clearance to coal blocks based on a “Go – No Go”

concept.

4. A similar exercise for the remaining major coal fields in the country is

ongoing.

Background