Tuesday, 10 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The director general of ICFRE and FRI director, Arun Rawat inaugurated a four-day training programme on forest and wildlife conservation with special reference to Environmental Impact Assessment and environment management plans organised for the executives of Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL), Ranchi, Jharkhand here on Monday.
Rawat highlighted important initiatives taken by the ICFRE for mine rehabilitation during the past century. He said that ICFRE institutes provide research and technical support not only to the forest departments, but also to the forest based industries, mining industries and other government departments including defence. Forest Research Institute has successfully restored mined overburdens in different states of the country.
In addition to this, FRI has a long experience in conducting trainings in various forestry related subjects as well as subjects like EIA, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and mined land restoration. In the recent past the institute has developed a training module for some of the subsidiaries of Coal India Limited and accordingly has imparted training to the personnel of Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Dhanbad, Northern Coalfields Limited, Singrauli, MP and Eastern Coalfields Limited, West Bengal.
Shekhar Saran, ex-CMD, CMPDIL shared his knowledge and experience of coal mines and future prospects. CMPDIL GM Abhijit Sinha remarked that such training should be organised regularly to enhance the skills of the CMPDIL executives for updates, enhanced productivity and sustainable mine management with special emphasis on environment management.
