With India's largest coal-mining project slated to come up in West Bengal, approximately 21,000 people will need to be relocated and rehabilitated
At least 123 coal mines have been closed in India since 2008 but there is "very little evidence of environment remediation and land rehabilitation in these areas" says a latest study which emphasises that coal transitions are likely to be "a messy and complicated exercise" as nearly one in every three districts in the country has one asset linked to the coal sector.
The top five states in India with the largest coal reserves. 1. Jharkhand – 83.15 billion tonnes. Located in north-east India, the state of Jharkhand top the list of India's coal reserves — at more than 26% — and …
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United Kingdom and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery, a coal mine is …
Raipur, Jan 8 (PTI) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said 39 coal mines that fall in the limits of the proposed Lemru Elephant Reserve in the northern part of the state will not be allocated for mining. Talking to reporters at the helipad in Police Lines here, Baghel said the state government has […]
The Abhijeet Group, a Nagpur-based mining conglomerate, had been allotted a coal mine in the Chitarpur coal block, which neighbors Chakla, and was seeking to build a power plant in the district. After being rebuffed by locals in Chitarpur and Hempur, the company acquired three hundred acres of land directly from villagers in Chakla, rather than ...
The approvals for coal mining in PEKB in Hasdeo Arand has been widely opposed by environmentalists. PEKB was a "no-go" area for mining as per a 2011 draft report of the environment ministry.
The Indian government's push to increase coal production to 1 billion tonnes in response to energy shortages has sparked a protest march by tribal villagers from forested areas up for coal mining.
The coal mining area that had spread over 25 km 2 in 1990 (0.04%), increased to 72 km 2 in 2005 (0.13%) and again it increased to 130 km 2 in the year 2014 (0.23%). The net increase of mining area is ∼410% from the year 1990 to 2014. The mining area comprises the opencast coal mines and overburden dumps.
India's largest coal block in Bengal will displace nearly 21,000, 43% of them from ST. The coal block, located in West Bengal's Birbhoom district, is spread over 13.7 square km. The seams of coal are trapped between thick layers of basalt. The government estimates peg reserves of coal and basalt in the area to the tune of 1,198 million tonne of ...
A subsidiary of Coal India Limited extracted coal worth ₹4,872.13 crore in eastern Assam without obtaining mining rights, the report of a probe panel constituted by the State government has ...
Coal India is the country's largest employer. It even subsidizes the railways. Some 70% of the energy used by the 1.3 billion people here is generated from coal. And while India is the third ...
Coal is the main pillar of India's energy sector. In 2021, it said, India consumed 932 million tonnes of coal, 77 percent of which came from domestic production and 90 percent of which was used ...
A year before the NGT ban on rat-hole coal mining, it was reported that there were an estimated 15000-35000 migrant workers in the coal mining areas of Meghalaya. Anthropologist Dolly Kikon and sociologist Duncan McDuie-Ra suggest that migrant numbers are difficult to determine because of undocumented migrants who arrive in Meghalaya from other ...
According to the report prepared by MoEF, the critically polluted areas of India due to coal mining are Korba, Anugul, Talcher, Hazaribagh-Chatra, Singrauli, Chandrapur, Raigarh, and Jharsuguda. 19 The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has developed a Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI).
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said 39 coal mines that fall in the limits of the proposed Lemru Elephant Reserve in the northern part of the state will not be allocated for mining.. Talking to reporters at the helipad in Police Lines here, Baghel said the state government has informed the Centre that these mines will not be considered for auctioning.
Coal Mining in India. Coal in India has been mined since 1774 and is now the second fastest mined in the world, producing 716 million metric tons (789 million short tons) in 2018. Due to high demand and poor average quality, India imports coking coal to meet the requirements of its steel plants.
India's Jindal Group is to pay US$270 million for the Moatize coal mine and the Nacala Logistics Corridor (NLC), which are Brazilian multinational Vale's main assets in Mozambique. Vale said it is committed to working with both the Mozambique and Malawi governments to ensure a smooth transition to the new operator.
Coal mining Without a clear framework on closure of coal mines, India's transition to renewables will be messy While the country has shut 123 mines since 2008, there is little evidence of ...
the advisory committee referred to a biodiversity report by the indian council of forestry research and education that recommended that four contiguous coal blocks in …
forest was declared as "no-go" for coal mining by MoEF in 2010, the only one of 9 coalfields surveyed which was entirely declared as "no-go"4. Such "no-go" area represents only 8.11% of the total potential coal bearing area in the country and 11.50% of …
Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday launched a new rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) policy of NLC India Ltd and stressed that compensation to the affected villagers will be based on the fair and transparent process.The minister said the new policy has provisions for enhanced amenities to the project-affected families. The minister, who virtually launched the …
Sprawling across 3,400 acres (approximately 13.7 square kilometres), the mining area is made of two coal blocks – the Deocha-Pachami coal block spread over 9.7 square kilometres and the...
Jharkhand: Most of the coalfields are located in a narrow belt running in the east-west direction almost along the 24°N latitude. The Jharia coalfield: The Jharia coalfield lies to the southwest of Dhanbad city and covers an area of 453 sq km. It is one of the oldest and the richest coal fields of India and has been recognized as the storehouse of the best metallurgical coal …
These endangered species were also recorded in the Tara, Parsa, and Kete Extension coal block areas, where the ICFRE recommended coal mining. The WII reported a conservative estimate of 40-50 elephants in the Hasdeo-Arand region.
Coal from the region supports business far and wide. A part of Makum coalfield, one of the oldest mining areas in India, with coal from five mines east and southeast of the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, supports thousands of tea factories, thermal power plants, small-scale iron smelters and brick kilns in the Brahmaputra valley in Assam to Punjab and …
Jharkhand, with more than 200 coal mines, holds 27 per cent of the country's coking coal reserves estimated at 19.4 billion tonnes and fuels India's thermal power.
Gidhmuri-Paturia and Madanpur South coal blocks in Chhattisgarh come under Lemru Elephant Reserve area. Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said that 39 mines have been identified in the ...
Suspended particulate matter (SPM) in coal mining areas in India. Coal mining is a development activity, which is bound to damage the natural …
Coal : Prime Source of Energy in India ¾Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel resources in India ¾Coal is the key contributor to the Indian energy scenario. ¾55% of the current total commercial energy needs is met by coal. ¾By 2024-25, the share …