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Spread across 1,472 hectares (5.68 square miles), the Bishrampur mine's 10 pits yielded more than 38.7 million tons of coal between 1961 and 2018 when the coal finally ran out. REUTERS/Avijit Ghosh SEARCH "INDIA GHOSH COAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. Business Environment Natural World Wider Image INDIA-COALMINE/CLOSURE AG/MM I Bishrampur INDIA REUTERS 2025-08-11T05:20:23+00:00 The Wider Image - Open-cast pit to eco park: India reinvents old mines REUTERS Chhattisgarh BIZ ENV WID HFS_PXP_AG_30 4 X08063 Avijit Ghosh https://www.reutersconnect.com/ REUTERS https://www.reutersconnect.com/transactional-license-terms