Huge chunks of mine wasteland lying idle in collieries will be a thing of the past as a beginning has been made to turn these wastelands fertile by growing a wide variety of plants on them. All this, as a team of the Department of Environmental Science Engineering of IIT (ISM) led by Professor Subodh […]
Category: Coal
Coal India gets 100 per cent booking in its first single window e-auction
Coal India on Wednesday said the common electronic auction platform cleared by the cabinet last month would create a level playing field. There will be a uniform price structure for all consumers, while a large number of buyers will eliminate cartelisation. The cabinet allowed Coal India to offer non linkage coal through a common e-auction […]
Green activists question Mamata Banerjee on impact of mining
Some green activists of Bengal have sent a letter to chief minister Mamata Banerjee raising specific questions about the environmental impact of the proposed project to mine coal and basalt from Deocha-Pachami in Birbhum district, the letter coming at a time Nabanna’s ambitious project is facing opposition from a section of settlers. After reminding Mamata […]
Coal India’s supply to power sector hits record 493 million tonne
Coal India on Friday said supplies to the power sector have hit a record high of 493 million tonnes (mt) for a fiscal year even with 28 days left to go in March. The previous high was 491.5mt in 2018-19. Supply to the power sector in the 11 months of April-February rose 23 per cent […]
Two killed in illegal mining in Nirsa
Two persons were killed during illegal mining in Kapasara colliery area of Nirsa Block of Dhanbad this morning. The incident during which one person was also seriously injured took place due to roof collapse at the illegal mining site. Vishal Bauri, a resident of Kamardih and another unidentified person were killed. Nitai Bauri, another resident […]
Suri court denies bail to Deocha-Pachami protesters
The additional chief judicial magistrate of Birbhum district court at Suri on Thursday rejected bail prayers of nine persons, including seven Calcutta-based activists, who had been arrested after a rally against the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine project on February 20. The arrested persons, including Left leaning economist Prasenjit Bose, were sent to judicial custody for […]
Congress seeks Rs 6,000 crore Gujarat coal scam probe
The Congress on Wednesday demanded a thorough inquiry under a sitting Supreme Court judge into the coal scam in Gujarat in which Rs 6,000 crore was allegedly looted over the last 14 years, insinuating there was continued political patronage to the fraudsters. The Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar published a report alleging that coal meant for […]
Govt sweetens Deocha-Pachami package for land losers
The state cabinet on Monday approved further sweetening of the rehabilitation package for land losers in Birbhum’s Deocha-Pachami to try and ensure consent for the coal mine project, which the Mamata Banerjee government is trying to roll out in the shortest possible time. “The cabinet has enhanced the compensation package for land losers of Deocha-Pachami… […]
9 held for violence in Deocha-Pachami coal project protest
Police on Monday arrested nine persons, including seven activists from Calcutta and two local persons, who took part in a meeting on Sunday to protest against land acquisition for the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal that spiralled into a detention-cum-hostage situation. All nine persons, including Left-leaning economist and activist Prasenjit Bose, were produced before Suri court which […]
Conflict of interest: Friction erupts in Deocha-Pachami project area
Tension erupted in areas of the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine on Sunday evening, prompted by a “hostage-like” situation precipitated by the meeting of an anti-mine platform. According to sources, a platform named Birbhum Jamee, Jeebon, Jeebika O Prakriti Bachao Mahasabha held a meeting in Dewanganj village on Sunday afternoon to oppose the coal mine. Shortly […]
Deocha-Pachami coal mine project protesters ‘beaten up’
A group of around 35 members of the Left-leaning People’s Forum Against Politics of Hatred, including a few artists and cultural activists opposed to the Deocha-Pachami coal mine project, were allegedly beaten up and driven away from a hotel in Santiniketan on Saturday. The group had reached Bolpur on Friday and was supposed to march […]
Coal India fuel supply stands at 575 million tonnes so far
Coal India has despatched more coal in this fiscal than the whole of the previous year. With still a month-and-a-half remaining in the fiscal. Coal India has supplied 575 million tonnes (mt) till February 16, 2022 compared with 574mt in 2020-21. Despatches to power plants till the middle of this month were at 468.4mt, up […]