The first fire in the Jharia coal fields ... because India is so densely populated, the mines, the workers, the people and everyday life all occurs at the very same location,” said the 35 ...

Jharia in the Indian state of Jharkhand is home to around 600,000 people. It’s in the middle of the country’s largest coal field. Jharia, named after the city and region of the same name ...

Dhanbad, May 6: Though residents in the coal belt of Jharia ... coal fields”, is part of the Rs 2.63 crore network project of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Under the ...

The following report was written after a two weeks visit in Dhanbad-Jharia, one of the main coal mining areas in India. Seeing the area and talking ... working class and the state regime: * Jharia ...

As a first step, representatives of Jharia Coal Field Bachao Samiti (JCBS), Federation of Dhanbad Zilla Chamber of the Commerce (FDZCC) and Dhanbad Bar Association have joined hands to hold a seminar ...

Jharia (Jharkhand) [India], May 9 (ANI): Almost a century old underground fire burning in the Jharia coal field is adversely affecting locals as they still await rehabilitation. Not only the ...

Efforts are on to douse the flames," a senior BCCL officer said. On 6 September, 54 miners died in a major underground blast at the Bhatdih colliery in the Jharia coal fields. The incident in the 17th ...

These will be diverted through non-coal-bearing areas, which may affect the operations of Iisco, Tata Steel and other industries operating in this field. For instance, the Dhanbad-Jharia-Pathardih ...

The Jharia coalfields, in India’s Jharkhand state, contain high-grade coal and have been continuously mined since 1894. The first underground fire was recorded in 1916. By the 1970s, around 17. ...

We're in a town called Jharia, in northeast India, standing on the edge of an Indian government mine site. It's about 9am and the air is already thick with choking coal dust that makes our eyes sting.