The National Gem and Jewellery Authority has launched a program to reclaim lands ravaged by gem mining in a project to restore lands devastated by irregular gem mining.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/land-ravaged-gem-mining-be-reclaimed
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/daily-news-sri-lanka
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining-reclamation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka