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 …
Rahul Thakur (20) died in a private hospital in the coal capital last night, minutes after he was brought in from Chirkunda, about 45km away, where he had been undergoing treatment for the last five days. Another patient from the same area, 19-year-old Pinki Kumari, is being treated for suspected …
Public sector enterprise escapes public glare in coal scandal ---------- On May 23, 10 CBI teams swooped on offices and homes of seven senior officials of the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), one of the eight coal-producing subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL), at different places in Ramgarh and Dhanbad districts …
A Hyderabad-based construction firm has been selected to build 2,000 quarters at Belgarhia for the rehabilitation of underground fire affected families, providing a much-needed impetus to the implementation of the Jharia Master Plan. After scrutiny of tenders, Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority has sent a proposal to appoint Indu Projects Ltd …
The Dhanbad district education department is on a green mission this monsoon. It has written to government high and middle schools to constitute eco clubs to help keep campuses clean and green. According to district education officer (DEO) Policorp Tirkey, the eco clubs comprising students of Classes IX and X …
June 11: Large parts of the state reeled under prolonged power cuts today after six units of DVC-operated thermal power plants at Bokaro and Chandrapura tripped as a result of technical snags. The disruptions were so severe that power supply to the railways and to coal mines of Bharat Coking …
Dhanbad/Bokaro, April 18: Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today held the state government responsible for the delay in relocation of people from fire-affected areas in Jharia, arguing the Centre had poured sufficient funds into the rehabilitation plan. “The Union government can offer money, technical expertise and even lay out a …
Bokaro district administration, Central Coalfields Limited, railway authorities, mining and forest officials will jointly crack down on illegal coal miners from Friday. Concerned over rampant illegal mining in Chas and Bermo subdivisions of Bokaro, from where tonnes of coal are smuggled out daily on dumpers, trucks and even passenger trains, …
The crisis is set to deepen for BCCL with the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) now deciding to deal a double whammy — show cause and closure notices with immediate effect from Tuesday — to 35 more mines under the PSU in Dhanbad for not clearing the green test. …
Alarmed over the fact that there are more than 8,000 HIV positive people in the state, expecting mothers, particularly in rural pockets, will soon be offered an HIV test as part of the pre-natal care by the authorities in order to safeguard the next generation. This initiative has been taken …
Nature serves well even when rivers run dry. Students of Government Polytechnic-Nirsa who recently unearthed four artesian wells in a rocky stretch of Dhanbad, will surely vouch for the natural source of water that promises succour as another arid summer looms. The nine final-year civil engineering (diploma) students, under the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has slapped Rs 13.77 crore penalty on Hindalco for unauthorised sale and inept handling of anode butts which are generated as waste from the company’s Hirakud plant. Invoking the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, the Board penalised the Aditya Birla Group-owned company for violation …
In the middle of a raging, divisive debate in Jharkhand over the provisions of a law that aims to protect the tribals’ land, several politicians, including some in the ruling coalition, are battling accusations of having acquired land in utter violation of this law. More and more names of politicians …
A routine road trip from Ranchi to Dhanbad was enough for an aghast senior functionary of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to pull up Jharkhand for illegal mining and exploitation of tribals at the hands of the coal mafia. A source told The Telegraph that NHRC secretary-general Rajiv Sharma had …
Calling Dhanbad district a “hotbed” of gangs indulging in illicit coal trade, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to Jharkhand Government over economic hardships faced by tribals and “illegal mining” in the Naxal-affected area. The Commission said that “abject poverty” was the reason behind spread of …
Coal belt police have pulled up their socks to wage war against drunken driving and illegal coal mining. Lakshman Prasad Singh, the coal belt DIG, while talking to reporters on Sunday said breath analysers from Dhanbad would be introduced in Bokaro to conduct surprise inspections. Those found guilty will be …
Dhanbad, Jan. 29: More than 2,000 people displaced by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) marched to Maithon’s BSK College Ground, 45 km from the district headquarter, today to take part in a public meeting organised by Adivasi Mahasabha, an organisation that has been fighting for the rights of the displaced …
Despite the decline in the number of migratory birds this winter in the coal and steel belt of Dhanbad-Bokaro in Jharkhand, poachers continue to kill the winter visitors. The exotic birds that come in search of a home here to escape the severe winter, are ironically finding their way on …
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) is all set to tighten the noose on vehicle workshops and servicing centres in Dhanbad district that generate a large amount of hazardous waste in the form of used fuel and lubricants and have no mechanism in place for their proper disposal. The board …
Residents of most villages whose land was acquired for the Bokaro steel plant have no jobs or means of living. Those who were compensated are demanding more.
Looking to give a push to infrastructure development in the country the central government has approved building over 1,000 kilometres of expressways under its flagship road building programme NHDP at an investment of Rs 16,680 crore. The projects include the 400 km long Vadodara-Mumbai, the 66 km long Delhi-Meerut, 334 …
