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 Union energy ministry constituted a committee to examine safety in the nationalized coal
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 consider relocation. The Jharia Rehabilitation and Development Authority (jrda), responsible for shifting non- bccl
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.
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.
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 Koylanagar, emphasised on the need for immediate implementation of the Jharia Action Plan.
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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.
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.
