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
- 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
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).
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.
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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 Project area.
- 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.
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.
