India, Jan. 7 -- Eastern Coalfields Limited has taken a significant step towards strengthening environmental stewardship by deploying AI-driven drone monitoring in the Sonepur Bazari Area as part of a comprehensive scientific reclamation and green cover assessment initiative.

The initiative leverages high-resolution UAV surveys and advanced geospatial analytics to objectively evaluate plantation performance and ecological restoration across reclaimed mining land.

The study is being conducted by the CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR-CIMFR) using state-of-the-art methodologies, including drone-based orthomosaic mapping, GIS and GPS-enabled spatial validation, vegetation health analysis through scientific indices and...