Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the ministry’s Parliamentary Consultative Committee to discuss the way ahead for the Jharia Master Plan. Members of Parliament participated in the consultative committee meeting.
During the presentation, it was informed that due to unscientific mining in the pre-nationalisation period, mining areas in the Jharia coalfield in Jharkhand have faced problems of fire and subsidence. Now, these areas fall in the leasehold regions of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), a Coal India arm.
