Mining is one of the widespread activity occurring in many parts of the world. This study investigates the Environmental Impact of Quarry Operations in Wayanad District, Kerala. Kerala facing a lot of environmental issues during the period of 2018 and 2019. This is one of the reasons why we go through this work. The Wayanad district is known as the land of paradise in Kerala because the presence of forest, mountains, and waterfalls make this land in immense beauty. Now, this land is changing from its beauty about a decade ago. During our fieldwork, we noted that major of the mountains and hills are eroded by the process of rock mining. And also we observed that the existing mountains are waning due to landslides. Due to extreme heat and dust particles in the air makes uncontrolled air pollution rate and changing climate all over the world. The first step of this study is to observe the number of quarry mining areas and their age. The study was conducted using Geo-Informatics open-source software tools. The two major reports related to environmental studies are Gadgil and Kasturirangan reports. In that report, they mentioned the quarry mining figures in the zones. The major river sources of Wayanad are facing dire of water. Because all the drainage source is covered with rock dust, and the vegetation is degraded day by day. And these hilly areas become under the control of the quarry mining process. Previous studies suggested that rock quarrying is one of the leading causes of landslides. However, this study showed how many landslides are occurred in 2018 and 2019 along with quarry mining. Later, the study also told about the quarry mining in the KSDMA landslide zones. Wayanad district has more than 20 tourist destinations, including forest and non-forest tourist attractions. And also we come across the rock mining area adjacent to forests and the distance of rock mining.
