Spatio temporal change analysis of mining landscape of the Pakri Barwadi Coal Mining Project and its buffer areas, Jharkhand, India

Ajay Kumar Singh, Alok Kumar Chandrakar, Sudhir Ranjan Choudhury, Ashutosh Anand, Anupama Mahato, Ravish Kumar, Navneet kumar

Abstract


The present study aims to assess the surface coal mining dominated land use land cover (LULC) changes concerning the Pakri Barwadih Coal Mining Project (PBCMP) and its surrounding buffer areas in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The central mining area covers an area of 39.50 km2, while the surrounding 2 km and 10 km buffer area including mining area covers 107.06 km2 and 622.88 km2, respectively. Five different land use classes i.e. agriculture land, forest cover, mining area, barren land, built-up area, and water bodies in the mining area and adjacent area were analysed for six years, i.e., from 2016 to 2022. The changes were detected on a three-year intervals using IRS satellite LISS-IV images. This research depicts the present LULC scenario and the impact of mining on the landscape. In the mining area, there is a drastic reduction in agricultural land (41.26%) and forest land (28.23%). The waste land area recorded sharp increase in mining area (857.13%) and its 2 km surrounding area (138.84%) and 10 km buffer area (119.17%). The increase in built up area recorded for 2 km buffer area was 106.79%, whereas 61.06% for 10 km buffer area. It is expected to reduce the burden on policymakers to prepare an efficient mines development plan and meet sustainable development goal (SDG) 15 (Life on land). The paper highlights the importance of digital change detection techniques for nature and location of the change of the mining area.


Keywords


Land use and land cover; coal mining; GIS and remote sensing

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