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 …
- Sanitation workers to be deployed on two Dhanbad trains from July Come July, Dhanbad-Alleppey Express and Dhanbad-Ludhiana Ganga Sutlej Express will set out on a journey from the foul and filthy to the spic and span. The Indian Railways will launch a cleanliness drive on the two long-distance trains …
The forest department is out to educate schoolchildren about the need to save the environment. Today, a poster campaign was launched at the schools as part of a monthlong programme under which several events, including debate and essay competition, workshops, rally and training for teachers, have been planned. A team …
- Rs 7,028cr fire zone rehab plan gets underway More than a decade after it was conceptualised, the Rs 7,028-crore master plan to rehabilitate 200,000-odd victims of a raging underground fire in Jharia was implemented today with the allotment of over 200 new flats at Belgarhia in Baliapur, a safe …
Tenughat dam is set to release 65,000 acre feet water in two phases to Bengal against its request for 75,000 acre feet to help feed dry irrigation canals in the neighbouring state. According to the dam
A pledge to start a renewed fight for development of Jharia under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was taken at a joint meeting of Jharia Coalfield Bachao Samiti, Jharia Chamber of Commerce and Dhanbad Bar Association yesterday. A new organisation, Lok Adhikar Manch, was floated at the meeting, …
Dhanbad, Feb. 8: Residents, chambers of commerce and lawyers of Jharia are coming together to save the coal mining town plagued by a raging underground fire, fed up of the short-sightedness of coal companies to the continuing threat of illegal as well indiscriminate mining. As a first step, representatives of …
TALCHER: A Top mining expert VK Singh of Central Mining Research Institute will be at Talcher coalfield soon to study the causes of landslide and fire in Ananta opencast mine. Informing mediapersons about the expert
Dhanbad: Officers of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) have joined hands with the company management to motivate workers to help boost production to meet the 28.5-million tonne target and help the firm earn a mini ratna status this fiscal. A motivational programme has been launched at different BCCL collieries. It
Migratory birds have started flocking in large numbers to Maithon dam, Tenughat dam, Garga, Chandrapura and other water reservoirs here much to the delight of bird watchers of Dhanbad, Bokaro, Maithon, Chandrapura, Tenughat and other parts of the coal belt. Starling, Ruff, Black-winged stilt, Common teal, Greenshank, white and yellow …
How about giving the usual picnic spots a miss and spending the day in an abandoned mine instead? Sounds unreal? Not any longer. The district administration and the forest department are working in tandem to develop collieries and convert them into tourist hotspots. The purpose is to promote coal tourism …
Son of a scooter mechanic has earned a patent for conceptualising a mini manual generator and was felicitated for the same. For his achievement, Manibhushan Prasad, the Class XII student of Sindri College, was felicitated during a function at Indian Council of Agricultural Research auditorium in New Delhi recently. National …
The underground fire in Kujju along the Ranchi-Patna highway (NH-33) has been tamed, well almost, claims Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), but it is still unclear whether the stretch is safe for traffic. According to a press statement released by the company, the underground temperature in the affected zone, which was …
Jharia and Dhanbad can finally hope to have clean air if the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board is able to implement a comprehensive plan it has chalked out to improve the air quality of the twin cities of the coal belt. The plan, which includes a proposal to phase out …
