Directly Affected Areas - which shall be the areas where mining related operations (such as excavation, mining, blasting, beneficiation and waste disposal, such as overburdened dumps ... Directly Affected Areas. (ii) an area within such radius from a mine or cluster of mines as may be specified by the State Level
Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2017
62. Submission of Final mine closure plan.
(1) The final mine closure plan shall be prepared by all mineral concession ... rules for the purpose of decommissioning, reclamation and rehabilitation in the mine, cluster or part thereof after cessation of mining and mineral processing operations
Gujarat Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2017
60. Mine Closure plan.
- Every mine shall have a mine closure plan which shall contain steps to be taken ... respect of a mine or part thereof commencing from cessation of quarrying or processing operations in a mine / cluster or part thereof. The mine closure
work is completed before the conclusion of mining operations and the abandonment of the quarry or mine, with a view to leave a productive ... cluster; (c) Suitable trees shall be planted along cluster boundary, on both sides of the major roads, near site office of the mine and over
relation to a mine, means a person specified under sub-clause(c) of sub-section(1) of section 2 of the Mines ... unwanted constituents like gangue minerals or tailings; (f) "Cluster" means a group of more than one mines formed when the distance between the peripheries