SAVE TADOBA

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SAVE TADOBA
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• A presentation to show the impact of Lohara coal
  mine on Chandrapur and TATR

By Ekjut- An Organization to stop the hollow
claims of development at the cost of Forests
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Chandrapur
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• Endowed with rich flora and fauna, water
  resources and mineral wealth, Chandrapur has been
  famous since ancient times as the capital of Gond
  dynasty.
• Anandavan at Warora is famous worldwide for the
  noble service rendered by social worker Baba Amte
  whose ashram rehabilitates leprosy patients.
• Chandrapur has India's largest thermal power
  plant, many coal mines, sponge iron units, cement
  and paper factories, huge lime stone deposits,
  bauxite, iron, and chromite mines are the sources
  of wealth for the district.
• Chandrapur is proud to have Tadoba-Andhari Tiger
  Project which is a major tourist attraction.

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Pollution
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• The mineral based industrial development and
  rapid urbanization in this district has resulted
  in pollution and environmental degradation and
  its effects are being felt on a wide scale.
• Chandrapur is the most polluted city in India due
  to heavy industrial and mining activity.
• Coal Mines, Cement Lime factories, Stone mine,
  Paper, Steel, Rice industry, Thermal Power
  station Automobiles are the major pollutants.
• There are 28 working mines in the district,
  wastewater from these mine contaminates waters of
  rivers, lakes and streams. It is also reported
  that mining disturbs the ground water balance.
• The Atmospheric Brown Cloud has been confirmed on
  Chandrapur by NASA.

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Pollution by Coal Mines
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• Air pollution in coalmines is mainly due to the
  fugitive emission of particulate matter and
  gases, including Methane, Sulphur dioxide and
  Oxides of Nitrogen.
• The main sources of noise pollution are blasting,
  movement of heavy earth-moving machinery,
  drilling and coal-handling equipment.
• The major source of water pollution is the waste
  water from coalmines which is the carry-over of
  the suspended solids in the drainage system of
  the mine drains. In addition, waste-water from
  the coal preparation plant and mine water are the
  other sources of water pollution.
• Around 25 tonnes of overburden is generated for
  every ton of coal production altering the
  landscape and resulting in floods.

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Effects of Pollution on Humans
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• Polluted water causes serious problems to human
  life, like typhoid, intestinal parasites,
  gastroenteritis, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach
  aches. Many toxins in polluted water may lead to
  cancer.
• The annual average of RSPM of the city, which was
  73 micrograms per cubic metre a few years ago,
  has now touched over 290 micrograms per cubic,
  which contributed a rise in health problems,
  mainly respiratory problems.
• According to doctors, what is most disturbing is
  the increasing evidence of a link between ultra
  fine particle pollution and heart disease, asthma
  chronic lung diseases.

RSPM RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER
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Pollution affects adults and children differently
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• Children spend more time outdoors and are exposed
  to pollution in daytime when the RSPM level is
  high.
• engaged in vigorous activity like running and
  hence have a higher breathing rate.
• Breathe through mouth also.
• Have narrower airways and impairment of the
  lung's ability to defend itself
• The Effects Are- increased acute respiratory
  diseases.- lowered lung function in children.-
  increased sickness rates.- increases in
  mortality.- increase in allergic skin reactions.

DONT LET THIS BECOME YOUR CHILDRENS FUTURE
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Not only humans but destruction of forest and
wildlife habitat for Lohara coal mine will expose
the tigers and other wildlife animals to
pollution.
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Lohara reserve forest will be cut for coal mine,
destroying habitat of wild animals forcing them
to shift towards human settlements, which will
increase man-animal conflicts.
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Our Concerns
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• Forest Policy 2008 targets increase in forest
  cover up to 33, how does the state plan to
  achieve it?
• 50 of the total forest cover of Mah. Falls in
  Chandrapur and Gadchiroli dist. And why is the
  same being targeted?
• The last surviving corridor from TATR to Southern
  India will be completely destroyed which is used
  by wild animals for local and seasonal
  migration/movement. This corridor also connects
  to the forest of Gadchiroli that contained about
  100 Tigers two decades ago by saving corridor we
  can hope to achieve the same count of tigers
  which is negligible today.
• How do you justify the destruction and
  consequences thereafter?
• With the existing forest cover and human pressure
  the man animal conflict is order of the day, has
  the Govt. assessed the consequences after the
  commencement of the mining activities?

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Our Concerns

• Why the existing power plants in Mah. are not
  performing to their full capacity?
• If the mining companies operate efficiently the
  coal production it would be sufficient to cater
  the existing need.
• Why non conventional energy resources that are
  eco-friendly are not being tapped to meet the SO
  CALLED power deficit?
• Why are the coal blocks in non-forest land being
  exploited?
• Compensatory afforestation and afforestation at
  exhausted mine sites are practically non
  existent, why has not the concerned dept. has not
  taken cognizance of the same?
• The Air, Water Sound pollution levels in and
  around Chandrapur have already reached the
  epitome, how dose the state Govt. justify
  additional mining lease(s) in the same area
  compromising the health of the citizens the
  young generation in particular?

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Our Concerns

• Will you be able to recreate the quality of
  forests destroyed due to mining in compensatory
  afforestation?
• Why the extended buffer zone and eco-sensitive
  zone of TATR hasn't been declared yet?
• Chandrapur is already helping in power generation
  for the entire state, by generating power and
  supply of coal to other power stations since last
  20yrs which clearly proves that the citizens are
  not against the power generation or development
  but this particular case will destroy the last
  remaining source of clean and healthy air to
  Chandrapur.
• The effect of entire pollution in Chandrapur is
  controlled and suppressed by naturally available
  forest cover and not by rules set by MPCB which
  are hardly followed.