Cost of environmental and social loss involved in coal mining and thermal power generation in coal-bearing States, including Odisha, has been estimated to be enormous.
A Planning Commission of India-supported study finds many of losses apart from displacement and forest diversion triggered by coal mining and thermal power generation are not compensated.
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/angul-d
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