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 …
Daliapur-based Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), along with the district agriculture and fisheries departments, has come to the rescue of farmers of drought-hit Dhanbad. A programme called Chalein Gaon Ki Or has been launched, under which scientists are to visit rural hinterlands to provide much-needed technical knowhow on coping with the …
THE Centre on Monday warned of strict action against polluting industries and asked states to identify critically polluted clusters in order to prepare an action plan for initiating corrective steps.
Dhandbad, Aug. 10: A study conducted by the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research on the effects of mining on man-elephant conflicts has found that community participation linked to issues of tusker conservation can lead to enormous benefits for the local population. Having earned a name for its wide-range …
Dhanbad, Aug. 6: Indian School of Mines University (ISMU) has received an unprecedented boost in funding of research and development projects since the last academic session. According to available records, the outlay on research projects has increased to more than Rs 15 crore during 2008-09, compared to around Rs 4 …
The Jharia Rehabilitation and Development Authority (JRDA), in-charge of relocating thousands of families who will have to vacate their homes on the mining town
The Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) is playing an important role in helping the country promote energy security among South Asian countries. The Dhanbad-based laboratory, under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, is training 11 executives from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and one from India …
- Handicraft to stop tribals from joining Maoist ranks SHASHANK SHEKHAR Baskets of hope Dhanbad/Bokaro, July 30: The forest department has embarked on a bamboo plantation drive with the aim of generating employment for tribals of Naxalite strongholds in Dhanbad and Bokaro districts so that they aren
Roads projects worth Rs 7,000 cr cleared. The government today approved Rs 9,657 crore for rehabilitation of people in Jharia and Raniganj coal fields within the leasehold of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) and Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL). The plan, approved by the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI), includes investing …
Bhuli protesters to agitate in Delhi next month PRADUMAN CHOUBEY Dhanbad, July 28: The rehabilitation drive of the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and the Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) continued in Bokapahari today with identity cards being distributed among the residents. Bokapahari is one of the five underground fire-affected …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Dhanbad, July 22: Taking the Jharia rehabilitation drive a step forward, the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) today served notices to some residents of Bokapahari area, asking them to vacate their houses. Yesterday, the company had suspended 62 employees for refusing to shift from the Ghanudih Open Cast …
- Special seeds distributed, agriculture training proposed Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Balipur, Dhanbad. Dhanbad, July 20: A weak and erratic monsoon has spelt doom for farmers of Dhanbad district this kharif season, prompting a worried administration to mount efforts to tackle the crisis. Till July 18, the state received a …
Members of the foundation during the plantation drive in Dhanbad on Sunday. Picture by Gautam Dey Dhanbad, July 12: Showing the way to others, a group of students of Dhanbad has taken up the spade for green cause. These students, part of the Foundation for Freshen
Jharkhand has finally decided to act on rehabilitating thousands of residents of Jharia, where an underground fire has been raging since three decades, announcing today that 4,650 families will be shifted within the next 100 days. The decision, taken at a high-level meeting here at the Central Institute of Mining …
- 17-yr-old son of mechanic forms squad to save environment Dhanbad, June 22: His motor mechanic father may have spent a major part of his life arranging for two square meals for the family, but 17-year-old Manibhushan Prasad has grown up with a larger mission in life: to protect the …
The coal capital and its adjoining areas is reeling under acute water crisis, aggravated by several man-made leaks in the Maithon project pipeline, bringing life to a standstill for over 2 lakh residents of urban areas since the past week. Mineral Area Development Authority, the civic body entrusted with supplying …
Giridih, June 14: After the district administration gave into public protests and scrapped a sponge iron plant project in Udanabad, it is now an NGO of Dhanbad that has joined the war against pollution caused by these units. A four-member team of Green and Labour Welfare said they had conducted …
