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 …
PRADUMAN CHOUBEY Dhanbad, June 9: As many as 80 students of a primary school in Govindpur block, about 20km from the district headquarters, fell sick after having the midday meal served there today. While 12 students are still recovering, the condition of the rest is stable. Agitated parents alleged that …
House owners: Under the rehabilitation package in the master plan the head of each family will be entitled to a compensation equivalent to the assessed cost of his or her homestead land and other infrastructure on it. Cost assessment will be done by the state government or its implementing agency. …
Chairman and Managing Director of the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), T K Lahiry said tragedy can strike any time in Jharia, so tough actions are needed to shift people Why are people not shifting after so many sops and facilities? The issue of relocation has become highly politicized. We …
Alok Kumar Gupta Nearly half a million people living in and around the Jharia coalfield in Jharkhand have to be shifted to control underground fires. But the government has no sound strategy for their rehabilitation and the people have no trust in the government Kujama village in Jharkhand
Only committees for fighting fire 1922: First committee set up under the coal ministry to check the Jharia fire and prevent subsidence. No action taken on its report. 1964: Director of CMRI appointed to carry out a survey and suggest measures to save coal that had caught fire. 1976: The …
It is doubtful the master plan will see the light of the day The relocation plan would have made more sense if it was done soon after a committee set up by the energy ministry in 1976 found underground fire active in the Jharia coalfield. Then, bccl did not even …
Dhanbad, March 15: Students from more than 82 government schools in Dhanbad came together today to exhibit their skills at a district-level science exhibition on Zilla Parishad grounds. The event was inaugurated by deputy commissioner of Dhanbad Ajay Kumar Singh. More than 100 models based on a wide range of …
Dhanbad, March 2: A holiday in the grimy coal belt? You sure shudder at the thought today. But your choice might just change tomorrow when the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), in association with the state tourism department, turns the hitherto uninviting land into a desired destination. The BCCL has …
Dhanbad, March 1: Union minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia today said that the Jharia coalfield was sitting on an atom bomb. He was referring to the inferno raging underneath. The minister, who was in the district to inaugurate the statue of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi at …
PRADUMAN CHOUBEY Dhanbad, Feb. 20: For Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) workers associated with the Moonidih Project, living in over 300 quarters of the company, soon there will be light. Planning Commission member Kirti S. Parikh on Friday inaugurated the coal bed methane (CBM) generating unit at the Moonidih Colliery …
Logged on Dhanbad, Feb. 19: Aimed at ensuring greater transparency and connectivity, the Dhanbad forest division has floated a website www.dhanbadforest.org. The website, which includes information on the history and biodiversity of forests in the division, was launched last Monday and is the first of its kind in the state. …
Praduman Choubey Cattle guard Jyoti Rajak of Dhanbad will soon be covered under a group insurance scheme. Picture by Gautam Dey Dhanbad, Feb. 19: For the first time in the country, a group insurance scheme has been introduced for cattle guards. And showing the way is the Dhanbad forest division. …
Ranchi, Feb. 19: Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad will be getting 300 buses under a Central urban development scheme in what will be the first step towards setting up a public transportation network in the three key cities of Jharkhand. The council of the Governor
Praduman Choubey War on global warming: CIMFR, Dhanbad Dhanbad, Jan. 21: Frequent fires in the mines of Jharia and Raniganj and the alarming rate of emission of greenhouse gases have left the coal ministry concerned. At a time when the world is seriously scouting for ways to battle global warming, …
