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: The public investment bureau (PIB) has shown the green light to a Rs 6,997-crore Jharia rehabilitation package and it is just a matter of time before the Union Cabinet puts its stamp of approval. But the million dollar question is who will convince some 400,000 residents to evacuate the …
SHASHANK SHEKHAR Rescue team members and BCCL officials outside the Godhar mines near Dhanbad on Monday. Picture by Gautam Dey Dhanbad, Sept. 8: A fire broke out late last evening at Kusunda colliery, about 9km from Dhanbad, forcing 400 families to be evacuated from near the open-cast mine belonging to …
Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Digwadih Campus (Erstwhile Central Fuel Research Institute) under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is a premier research organisation of international repute devoted to R&D; work - both fundamental and applied on Indian fuel resources, especially coal and lignite.
The newly formed national laboratory, the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) Dhanbad, is a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) was aimed to provide R&D; inputs for the entire coal-energy chain from mining to Consumption through integration of the Core Competencies of the …
Tata Power's Maithon project attains financial closure Mumbai-based Tata Power Co Ltd (tpc), India's largest private power utility, edged closer to its revi-talisation targets last fortnight by effecting the financial closure of its joint venture, Maithon Power Ltd. The century-old Tata Power holds 74 per cent equity in the 1,050 …
Jharkhand has been losing out nearly Rs 100 crore each year because it doesn't have panchayat bodies. The last election took place in 1971, when Jharkhand was a part of Bihar. Since the state's creation in 2000, there have been no panchayat elections, though Bihar has had local body elections …
Jharia Coalfield in Jharkhand, India, is known for being the exclusive storehouse of prime coking coal in the country. The coalfield is also known for hosting the maximum number of known coal fires among all coalfields in India. In the present investigation, an attempt was made to study the coal …
The geochemistry of ponds was studies around Jharia coal mining area. The high concentrations of cations and anions revealed the enrichment of pollution and thick population of E.coli bacteria. The pond waters are alkaline at all sampling sites and control the weathering pattern and availability of dissolved solids in Jharia …
The geochemistry of ponds was studies around Jharia coal mining area. The high concentrations of cations and anions revealed the enrichment of pollution and thick population of E.coli bacteria. The pond waters are alkaline at all sampling sites and control the weathering pattern and availability of dissolved solids in Jharia …
Surface and groundwater pollution in the mining and industrial area is a growing concern. Jharia Coalfield is one of the biggest coalfield and highly industrialized area in India. A study was undertaken in some of the coal mining and industrial areas in this coalfield to assess the quality of surface …
Also read: Damodar - Ten years ago Dhanbad town exists for one reason: coal. This much becomes quickly clear to me. A fine layer of coal dust covers everything in the hotel I have put up in, and the manager has assumed I have something to do with the coal …
the underground fire has resurfaced as a raging row in Jharia, a small industrial town near Dhanbad in Jharkhand. What has stoked the controversy afresh is state chief minister (cm) Babulal Marandi's announcement that nearly 0.3 million people would be evacuated from the area. Local leaders, irrespective of their political …
During the discussion on the AQI, it became clear that the index can capture only the short-term health effects of a few pollutants. But that leaves out the long-term health risk assessment of these pollutants and a host of other toxic pollutants like benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) whose …
Air Quality Index • Finalise draft AQI prepared in the workshop • Campaigning to raise awareness • Develop first generation pm 10 aqi forecast • Demonstrate and forecast pm 10 and carbon monoxide index • Evaluate response of public to aqi • Expand monitoring network and monitoring zones • Develop …
