Nagpur: In a setback to tigers, the coal mining division of ministry of environment, forest, and climate change (MoEFCC) has granted environment clearance (EC) to WCL's Durgapur Extension Deep Opencast mine, which is just 12.25km from Tadoba in Chandrapur. The Phase-II EC has been granted for an area of 1622.50 hectares to extract 3 MTPA coal. In 2012, Phase-I EC was granted for an area of 1354.64 hectares for extraction of 2.3 MTPA. An additional forest area of 121.58 hectare has been added to the proposal. Earlier, forest area required for mining was 257.77 hectares. Now, it has increased to 379.35 hectares, which is equivalent to virtually 380 rugby fields. The break-up of 379.35 hectare...
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