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The Jharia coalfield is the only repository of coking coal in the country. Coking coal is being mined for over a century in the Eastern Jharia Area with such mines as Bhowrah, Sudamdih and Patherdih. Geo-mining conditions in the underground mines vary from moderate to extreme. In some cases, it is so extreme that these are amongst the most ...
Eastern Jharia Area has a reserve of 508.493 million tonnes. [11] About 17.85 hectares of East Jharia Area are affected by fire and subsidence, because of primitive methods of mining at shallow depths in the pre-nationalization era. All the quarries and subsidized areas affected by fire at Sudamdih and Pathardih have been filled up. [11]
South: Jharia CD Block. East: Bazar Trading Ground Road. West: Jharia CD Block: Jharna Bera, Patra Kulhi, Duhatanr, Chhat Talab, Manaitanr Basti, Sidhara Talab, Mandi Godam, Bhabatarini Path, Tadrbagan, the area to the east of Gol Building, the area around the lane of old Bank of India: None: Menka Singh 34: North: Dhanbad Anchal area, the road ...
The Lodna Area has mineable reserves of 46.368 million tonnes of coking coal and 618.6 million tonnes of non-coking coal. [23] Western Jharia Area is a predominantly underground mining area, presently with four underground mines. [24] Underground mining in the Eastern Jharia Area has been going on for about a century.
Jharia coalfield is a large coal field located in the east of India in Jharia, Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Jharia represents the largest coal reserves in India having estimated reserves of 19.4 billion tonnes of coking coal. [1] The coalfield is an important contributor to the local economy, employing much of the local population either directly or ...
Bastacolla Area is one of the 12 operational areas of ... The Bastacolla Area is situated in the eastern portion of Jharia coalfield. It is about 8 km east of Dhanbad ...
Dhanbad CD Block is bounded by Govindpur CD Block on the north, Baliapur CD Block on the east, Jharia CD Block and Chandankiyari CD Block, in Bokaro district, in the south and Baghmara CD Block on the west. [7] [8] Dhanbad CD Block has a forest area of 776.1 hectares, covering 6.02% of the area of the CD Block. [9]
It was incorporated in January, 1972 to operate coking coal mines (214 in number) operating in the Jharia and Raniganj Coalfields and was taken over by the Government of India on 16 October 1971. BCCL contributes 50% of total prime coking coal requirement of steel sector. [ 2 ]