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 …
Dhanbad, Oct. 26: Union labour secretary P.K. Chaturvedi today said the Centre was serious about the safety of contract labourers in the mining sector and would take all possible steps, including framing laws, to ensure better facilities at work for them. In Dhanbad on a visit to the Directorate General …
Dhanbad, Sept. 9: In a bid to improve the air quality in the coal capital and create awareness about environmental issues among schoolchildren, forest department has decided to start a massive afforestation programme in government schools in the district. The drive, which will be carried out under Mahatma Gandhi National …
Dhanbad, Sept. 8: Two hundred budding technocrats donnned the green mantle today by planting around 50 saplings across the Indian School of Mines campus. With this green drive, the premier tech cradle also inaugurated its student chapter of the Indian Youth Climate Network, a pan-India youth coalition for ecological awareness. …
Dhanbad, Aug. 31: Several thousand victims of a raging underground fire will no longer have to do the rounds of Jharia Rehabilitation Authority (JRDA) office. Details of their safe shelters will now be available at a click. As the implementing agency of the Rs 7,028-crore Jharia master plan, the JRDA …
Jamadoba (Dhanbad), Aug. 11: Tata Steel, in association with the mechanical wing of the directorate general of mines safety (DGMS), Dhanbad, hosted a one-day workshop on non-destructive testing of winding engine components and other installations at JRD Tata Auditorium today.About 120 participants from 25 mining companies took part in the …
Dhanbad, July 26: With the rain-o-meter touching a record low this year, the district agriculture department has drawn up a contingency plan for farmers to meet the deficit. Seeds of pulses like black gram have already been provided to farmers of all eight blocks as an alternative crop for rice. …
Dhanbad, July 19: After rehabilitating more than 270 families from the fire-affected areas of the Jharia coalfield region to Jharia Vihar colony, the Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has decided to add around 750 quarters to the existing colony. Currently, the Jharia Vihar colony has 2,352 quarters where illegal inhabitants …
LUCKNOW: Even as widespread rains lashed many parts of the state on Monday, claiming over 20 lives in past 24 hours, the weatherman forecast that rains will continue at least for the next two days. The heavy rains also pose the threat of floods in major rivers. The monsoon trough …
Dhanbad, July 8: For reasons of safety, BCCL has initiated steps to relocate residents of Bastacola from its Ghanudih project after signs of more turbulence in the underground fire zone that is already spewing gas. As a first step, Bharat Coking Coal Limited have included the entire Ghanudih area under …
Micro plans on table to clean up Dhanbad air - Pollution control board preparing digital map to identify industrial units in district Dhanbad, June 22: Scientists, environmentalists and owners of industrial units today sat together to work out ways to clean up the air of Dhanbad, the most polluted industrial …
Dhanbad, June 17: Branded one of the most of the polluted cities of the country, Dhanbad lacks even the most basic civic infrastructure. A faulty drainage system, erratic power supply, ill-planned colonies, shortage of drinking water and diminishing employment opportunities typify the coal capital. However, with Rs 4000 crore coming …
Dhanbad, June 14: More people can now look forward to safer homes. After successfully shifting more than 200 people from underground fire affected areas of Jharia Coalfield region to Belgarhia, Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has now shifted its focus towards creating another township near Belgarhia. The new township would …
Dhanbad, April 22: Scientists, academics and officials from more than 50 organisations and institutes across the country congregated at the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) here to partake in a seminar on
Schoolteachers, politicians and officials of the district administration today joined hands to chalk out measures to protect the environment. The occasion was a daylong workshop organised by the forest department here at the auditorium of CIMFR. More than 1,000 teachers of government schools attended the workshop that also saw participation …
Dhanbad, April 7: More than 90 per cent coal traders evade tax while 80 per cent of the remaining 10 per cent file their returns in other cities outside the state like Calcutta, slowly, but steadily, draining the district
Dhanbad, April 2: Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) has requested the state government to utilise the extra money it has paid as royalty cess for 2009- 10 fiscal to execute the Rs 7,028-crore master plan to rehabilitate the victims of a raging underground fire in Jharia. Chairman-cum-managing director of Bharat …
