Chapter 1- Introduction of Topic.1 to 11 1.1. Mineral Resources 1.1.a. Minerals in India 1.1.b. Limestone deposits in India 1.1.c. Application 1.1.d. Excavation 1.1.e. Quarrying- Dimension Stones 1.1.f. Mining-Cement Industries 1.1.g. The issues related to Limestone Industries 1.1.h. Installed capacity 1.1.i. Consumption pattern 1.1.j. Export of cement 1.1.k. Target and production 1.1.l Technology and machinery 1.2. Mineral resources 1.2.a Exploration 1.2.b. Development 1.2.c. Exploitation 1.2.d. Depletion 1.2.e. Conservation 1.2.f. Future availability 1.2.g. Environmental impacts Chapter 2- Limestone and Mining.12 to 20 2.1. Limestone 2.1.a. Limestone formation 2.1.b. Limestone properties 2.1.c. Composition of Limestone 2.1.d. Varieties in Limestone 2.1.e Application and uses of Limestone 2.1.f. Technology and machinery 2.2. Mining 2.2.a. Underground mining or Deep mining 2.2.b. Open cast mining or Surface mining 2.2.c. Methods of removal of overburden 2.2.d. Means of loading and Transport 2.2.e. Limestone mining 2.2.f. Advantages of Surface mining 2.2.g.Disadvantages of Surface mining 2.2.h. Conditions favouring Surface mining operations 2.2.i. Limestone formations and its mining activity 2.2.j. Impacts of mining 2.2.k Land reclamation methods Chapter 3- Process and Impacts of Limestone Excavation.21 to 42 3.1. Process of Limestone excavation 3.1.1. Mining 3.1.1.a. Stage-1 to 6 3.1.1.b. Impacts and issues related to cement manufacturing 3.1.1.c. Reclamation 3.1.2. Quarrying 3.1.2.a. Stage-1 to 6 3.1.2.b. Impacts and issues of quarrying 3.1.2.c. Reclamation 3.2. Excavation in the Region 3.2.a. Increase in the Limestone excavation 1967-2011 3.2.b. Inference 3.3. Impacts on overall region 3.3.a. Observation 3.3.b. Inference Chapter 4- Literature studies .43 to 52 4.1. Ecologically Restored Limestone Mine of Mussoorie - Doon Valley, India. 4.2. Reclamation of Basalt Quarries – Timba, Sevaliya, Gujarat, India. 4.3. Rehabilitation of Limestone quarry- Bamburi Cement Industry, Kenya, Africa. 4.4. Conclusion of three studies Chapter 5- Study region-Defining-Understanding layers.53 to 75 5.1. Andhra Pradesh Limestone Reserves 5.2. Defining the Region 5.2.a. Satellite image of the region 5.2.b. Limestone deposits in the region 5.2.c. Hydrology of the region 5.2.d. Mines, Quarries and State Boundary of the region 5.3. Understanding Layers of the Region 5.3.a. Land use pattern 5.3.b. Geology 5.3.c. Soils 5.3.d. Physiography 5.3.e Hydrology 5.3.f. Ground water Chapter 6- Restoration Recommendations.76 to 83 6.1. Mines and Quarries in the Region 6.2. Ecological Restoration 6.2.a. CCI cement factory - M1 6.3. Aqua Culture 6.3.a. Karankot Quarry- Q3 6.4. Water recharging pits 6.4.a Basheerabad abandoned quarry- Q5 Chapter 7- Proposal84 to 95 7.1. Restoration of the abandoned Quarry 7.1.a. Basheerabd Quarry Site scenario 7.1.b. The neglect of not surveying this area for the Limestone reserves lead to negative impacts 7.1.c. Proposal 7.1.e. Other details 7.2. Guidelines for Quarrying Practice in the Region List of Sheet Sheet 1: Introduction of the Topic Sheet 2: Limestone and Mining Sheet 3: Literature study - Introduction to region Sheet 4: Land use pattern Sheet 5: Geology Sheet 6: Soils Sheet 7: Physiography Sheet 8: Hydrology and Watershed Sheet 9: Ground water Sheet 10: Time line Sheet 11: Impacts of Mining and Quarrying Sheet 12: Impacts on Region Sheet 13: Recommendations for Restoration Sheet 14: Proposal Sheet 15: Proposal Annexures96 to 101 References102 to 103