NEW DELHI : The environment ministry has decided to give a one-time exemption from public hearing for coal mines' expansion projects and allow mining in the critically polluted cluster of Chandrapur, Maharashtra, to boost coal output amid reports of looming power crisis due to coal shortages.. These measures are being taken to "quickly ramp up coal production …
Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) is one of the eight Subsidiary Companies of Coal India Limited (CIL) which is under administrative control of Ministry of Coal. The Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 has its registered office at Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur–440001.WCL has been conferred "Miniratna" status on 15th March'2007.
The Company has contributed about 7.02% of the national coal production during 2015-16. It has mining operation spread over the states of Maharashtra (in Nagpur, Chandrapur & Yeotmal Districts) and Madhya Pradesh (in Betul and Chhindawara Districts). The Company is a major source of supplies of coal to the industries located in Western India in ...
The three coal blocks in Maharashtra are Bander, Marki-Mangli-II and Takli-Jena-Bellora North and South in the forests in Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts in the eastern part of the State. The Bander coal block is the most crucial one since it is located on the border of the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), a no-go zone that means no mining.
In Chandrapur district, there are five open cast coal mines: Sasti, Hindustan Lalpet, Durgapur, Padmapur and Ghugus within a radius of 20 km (Fig. 2). Trivedi et al. ( 2009 ; 2010a ; b ) carried out air pollution study for all the five mines and reported SPM and PM10 values in the ambient air.
Amalgamated Yekona coal mine. This article is part of the Global Coal Mine Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor. The Amalgamated Yekona I and II OCP is a proposed mine, operated by Western Coalfields Limited, with a capacity of 3.44 million tonnes per annum, near Marda Village, Tahsil Warora, Dist Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India.
The hillocks dotting the coal hub of Chandrapur are a green oasis in the central Indian region pockmarked with coal mines, where even rain puddles are black, and a coal-fed thermal power plant belches smoke into the sky.Yet locals live in fear of th
CHANDRAPUR, India, Sept 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The hillocks dotting the coal hub of Chandrapur are a green oasis in the central Indian region pockmarked with coal mines, where even rain puddles are black and a coal-fed thermal power plant belches smoke into the sky. Yet locals live in fear of these hills - dunes formed with the sand ...
Hindusthan Lalpeth Coal Mines (HLCM) surface water Chandrapur district,(M.S) during the period October 2011 to March 2012. Chandrapur district is located in the eastern edge of Maharastra in Nagpur Division, the coal mining industry has to dispose of millions of litres of water everyday to dig out coal from this mine . The water is
It will reduce the Coal rake movement time from present 22 hrs to 4 hrs. The proposed project will be of immense benefit to MAHAGENCO in procurement of coal from Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) mines located in Umrer & Chandrapur district in the state of Maharashtra near Nagpur, which is in close proximity to various Thermal Power Plants in ...
Officials with state-run Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) - which operates 10 mines in Chandrapur - said coal extraction from its four highly productive opencast mines required huge amounts of sand and rocks to be removed and dumped 2-5 km away. The trees planted on the resulting dunes help curb soil erosion and air pollution, they added.
Coal mines in Erai watershed of Chandrapur district so far have lost 2139.68 hectares of land constituting a fertile agriculture land, reserve forest, protected forest and natural river course of Erai river, Upsa nala and Motaghat nala severely affecting the watershed eco-system. Therefore, an in-depth impact assessment study of coal mines in ...
Officials with state-run Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) - which operates 10 mines in Chandrapur - said coal extraction from its four highly productive opencast mines required huge amounts of sand and rocks to be removed and dumped 2-5 km away. The trees planted on the resulting dunes help curb soil erosion and air pollution, they added.
Ahir, a former BJP MP from Chandrapur, also claimed that Madhya Pradesh chief minister (Shivraj Singh Chouhan) finally signed a deal with the Dhoptala coal mines to buy coal at double price. "It's a big failure of the Maharashtra government to not purchase coal from within the state and pointing the finger at the Central government to cover up ...
Coal for the Sipat plant is sourced from Dipika Mines of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL). The plant uses water from the Right Bank Canal (RBC) originating from the Hasdeo Barrage. Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station, Maharashtra. The Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station is a 2,920MW power plant in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India.
Officials with state-owned Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), which operates 10 mines in Chandrapur, said that mining its four highly productive open pit mines required large amounts of sand and rocks to be removed and 2 to 5 exposed. km (1 to 3 miles). far. Trees planted in the resulting dunes help curb soil erosion and air pollution, they added.
Officials with state-run Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) - which operates 10 mines in Chandrapur - said coal extraction from its four highly productive opencast mines required huge amounts of sand and rocks to be removed and dumped 2-5 km away. The trees planted on the resulting dunes help curb soil erosion and air pollution, they added.
The hillocks dotting the coal hub of Chandrapur are a green oasis in the central Indian region pockmarked with coal mines, where even rain puddles are black, and a coal-fed thermal power plant belches smoke into the sky. Yet locals live in fear of these hills – dunes formed with the sand removed from coal… Read More »'Tiger on my farm': India coal hub …
"We get water tankers but that is not potable water and we can only use it for washing clothes and bathing," Ansari said. TAPPING RIVERS In Payali Bhatali village, a major coal mining hub in western Maharashtra's Chandrapur district in central India, tap water comes from the nearby Erai river, the only water source since local wells ran dry about two decades ago.
The hillocks dotting the coal hub of Chandrapur are a green oasis in the central Indian region pockmarked with coal mines, where even rain puddles are black and a coal-fed thermal power plant belches smoke into the sky. Yet locals live in fear of these hills - dunes formed with the sand removed from coal mines and covered by a blanket of green - as they …