Phyto-diversity and their Role in Attenuation of Dust Pollution in and Around Opencast Mining Areas of Bundelkhand Region of Uttar Pradesh, India

Opencast mining, a very important economic activity in many countries especially developing world today including India, causes significant environmental degradation in and around the vicinity of mining areas. In the current investigation an attempt has been made to identify the floristic composition in and around of two selected opencast granite mines each of Jhansi and Lalitpur district belonging to Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Present study revealed that there are a total of 96 species belonging to 39 different families from which maximum plant species found from Fabaceae family i.e. 16 species followed by Poaceae (07spp); Rutaceae (06spp) and so on. In present investigation the existing species which are growing in such fragile environment and some are having dust scavenging nature could be useful for making greenbelt in and around mining areas to combat the air pollution.