Gujarat govt to do Geochemical Mapping of state, Kutch completed
March 26, 2015
Ahmedabad
Gujarat Government has initiated an ambitious project of Geochemical mapping of state to earmark the mineral resources in the state. The state government is doing it in collaboration of Geological Survey of India(GSI). This project will help in long term planning of managing state’s mineral resources as well as industrial and other zoning process.
Government has already completed geochemical mapping of Kutch.It has started work in Jamnagar, Kheda, Valsad, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Bhavnagar districts. Total 2482 sq km area has been surveyed so far.
The state Government has also initiated process of detailed exploration for limestone, underground coal gasification, Bauxite, metallic minerals etc.
In Kutch through geochemical mapping the state government has survived 26800 sq km area and took 6000 samples.
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