Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) regarding illegal coal mining in Dhanbad. The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad was directed by the NGT to file a fresh affidavit bringing on record the current status of seizures of illegally mined and transported sand and FIRs lodged against the environmental …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Ajay Rajak Vs Ministry of Coal & Others dated 04/07/2023. The matter is related to illegal coal mines in Alakdiha, district Dhanbad, Jharkhand which belong to Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), Lodna area under Coal India …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vijay Sharma Vs State of Jharkhand, 22/11/2022. The steps taken by Bharat Coking Coal Limited for air pollution control at Bhagmara, Jharkhand is inadequate and the project proponent is liable to pay an environmental compensation of Rs. 75,93,750 directed the …
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines informed the Rajya Sabha that the government has approved a Master Plan to be implemented within ten years and two years for pre-implementation activities for the rehabilitation of the people affected by the underground fire and land subsidence in the Jharia Coal area …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Palwal Jithender Reddy Vs. Union of India & Others dated 08/01/2018 regarding operation of coal mines in Lodna area of Joyrampur Colliery near Dhanbad in the State of Jharkhand without any environmental clearance. NGT finds that …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Tata Steel Ltd. Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/03/2015 regarding royalty chargeable [in accordance with Section 9 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (the MMDR Act)] on the quantity of coal extracted at …
Judgement of the High Court of Jharkhand in the matter of Tata Steel Limited Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 12/03/2014 regarding the validity of Rules 64B and 64C of the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 inserted by the Central Government, Ministry of Mines and the petitioner also challenges the …
Letter to M/s Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental clearance of Cluster XV (4 UG mines with a normative production of 0.325 MTPA with a peak prod. of 0.423 MTPA in a combined ML area of 1696.55 ha) of M/s Bharat Coking Coal Ltd …
The mine, closed for years, was reopened six months back, says a minerd A coal miner was killed when a portion of the Bharat Coking Coal Limited’s underground coal mine collapsed in Nirsa, Dhanbad on Monday. Three mine workers remained trapped inside the mine at Basantimata colliery till late Monday …
Spot picture of vehicle on pollution paper mandatory The next time you seek emission clearance for your car, make sure it is present on all four wheels at a testing centre. The state transport department has made photographing of vehicles mandatory to curb the popular practice of bending rules to …
Dhanbad tables Rs 9.5-crore proposal before chief wildlife warden for safe habitat in Tundi block Dhanbad, Oct. 22: Faced with rising human-elephant conflicts in Dhanbad, the district forest department has planned a Rs 9.5 crore temporary shelter project for the animals. The department prepared the project proposal on a 30sqkm …
State’s share of subsidised foodgrains will increase by 68 per cent; Centre will bear an additional subsidy of Rs.595 crore On June 14, at Manika in Latehar, 180 km from Ranchi, more than 300 men and women stood in the pouring monsoon rain to record their testimonies about the functioning …
Fourteen-year-old Raju plays marbles with his friends on a roadside at Jharia in this coal mining city while trucks travel past them showering fly ash being carried uncovered, exposing them to pollution. The boy is hardly aware of the health hazard the fly ash poses, but Dhanbad residents are aware …
Fourteen-year-old Raju plays marbles with his friends on a roadside at Jharia in this coal mining city while trucks travel past them showering fly ash being carried uncovered, exposing them to pollution. The boy is hardly aware of the health hazard the fly ash poses, but Dhanbad residents are aware …
A high-level team from Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) inspected two major industrial units in Dhanbad on Sunday, finding gross violations in both. Led by board chairman Mani Shankar, the four-member team comprising JSPCB engineers and scientists first reached Maithon Power Limited, a joint venture of Tata Power and …
Jharkhand High Court today pulled up the state pollution board for failing to take action against industries for harming the environment in and around Dhanbad and asked its Delhi bosses to consider intervening to save the coal capital. A division bench of acting Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice S. …
RANCHI: At a time when there is 22.4% growth in the overall population in Jharkhand, that of the scheduled tribe, for whom the state was carved out of Bihar, has declined by 0.1%. The Primary Census Abstract 2011, released by the directorate of census operation on Friday, showed that total …
All the mines in the Cluster started their operation prior to nationalization of the coal mines. This report has been prepared on the basis of Project Report / schemes/Feasibility Reports taking into account the present status of the mine. The purpose of this report is to apply for grant of …
The dengue’s deadly sting in neighbouring Bokaro district and Bengal have set off the alarm bells in Dhanbad. The district health department has stepped up efforts to spread awareness regarding the vector-borne disease besides drawing up a strategy to prevent breeding of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the carrier of dengue. …
