Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) has set up control rooms in all its 12 mining areas in Dhanbad to keep a close watch on 45 collieries and take emergency action in case of inundation and power failure triggered by cyclone Fani.
The Coal India subsidiary has also established a central control room at its headquarters in Koyla Bhavan.
BCCL general manager (safety) R.B. Kumar said the control rooms were made operational on Thursday and officials had been instructed to track the water level in the surrounding areas of all mines and evacuate people from underground mines if they perceived a threat of inundation.
