Mined-out land inside KMML to grow sandalwood, miyawaki forest
Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited is rehabilitating mined-out industrial land by planting sandalwood saplings and creating a Miyawaki forest. The project uses organic soil conditioning and host plants to restore ecological health to a previously infertile area.
Why it matters
This initiative demonstrates a scalable model for industrial land reclamation and environmental restoration in post-mining zones.
For years, a sprawling 60-plus acres inside Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) stood as a stark reminder of the environmental cost of industrial progress. This was mined-out land, an ecological dead zone reduced to a structureless matrix of coarse sand tailings. The extraction of heavy mineral sands had completely stripped the soil of its natural nutrients, reducing it to an infertile deadland permanently frozen in time.
The article provides a factual, descriptive account of an environmental project without political or ideological framing.
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