Coal is the most polluting source which creates many environmental problems at various stages of its procurement from mining, transportation, stockpiling, coal preparation, and utilization stages of operation. Huge quantities of waste material are produced by several mining activities in the coal-mining region. The study area has an enormous resource of coal catering to the needs of thermal plants and the cement industry in the State. Mining practices are opencast and underground and all mining operations are mechanized. Mining leads to Land degradation and has an adverse impact on the environment, whether it is opencast or underground. The study reveals that land degradation is inevitable due to mining operation.