Salanpur Area is one of the 14 operational areas of Eastern Coalfields Limited located in Asansol subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district , in the state of West Bengal , India.
23-568: Salanpur Area is located around 23°46′36″N 86°53′00″E / 23.7768°N 86.8832°E / 23.7768; 86.8832 . It is bounded by rural areas of Jamtara district of Jharkhand, across the Ajay , on the north, Sripur Area on the east, Sodepur Area on the south, and Mugma Area in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, across the Barakar , on the west, Maithon Dam and reservoir
46-894: A group of 3 mines in Salanpur Area, as of 2012, is as follows: 1. Dabor underground mine, with normative annual production capacity of 0.6 million tonnes and peak annual production capacity of 0.7 mt, had an expected life of over 25 years. Dabor phase I & II open cast mine, with normative annual production capacity of 2.0 mt and peak annual production capacity of 2.7 mt, had an expected life of 10 years. 2. Bonjemehari UG mine, with normative and peak annual production capacity of 0.07 mt, had an expected life of over 25 years. Bonjemehari OC mine had an expected life of 4 years. 3. Sangramgarh UG mine, with normative annual production capacity of 0.05 mt and peak annual production capacity of 0.08 mt, had an expected life of over 25 years. Sangramgarh OC mine had an expected life of 4 years. An overview of
69-505: A river in India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Raniganj Coalfields Raniganj Coalfield is primarily located in the Asansol and Durgapur subdivisions of Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal . It spreads over to the neighboring districts of Birbhum , Bankura , Purulia and to Dhanbad district of Jharkhand . Coalmining in India first started in
92-472: A subsidiary of Coal India Limited , was formed. It took over all the earlier private collieries in Raniganj Coalfield. Raniganj Coalfield covers an area of 443.50 km (171.24 sq mi) and has total coal reserves of 49.17 billion tonnes, spread across Indian states of West Bengal and Jharkhand. That makes it the second largest coalfield in the country (in terms of reserves). Out of
115-452: Is at the north-west corner of the Area. The map alongside shows some of the collieries in the Area. However, as the collieries do not have individual pages, there are no links in the full screen map. As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural. In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti , Raniganj and Jamuria were included within
138-537: Is being worked. India is the third largest coal producer in the world. Mining is a highly organized industry, but there are gaps and loopholes. Beyond, or rather underneath, the well-organised industry, there is a large sector described as illegal mining. According to Haradhan Roy, the veteran political leader and trade unionist, about a million tonnes of coal are produced by illegal collieries in Raniganj alone. The total annual national production from such mines in India
161-510: Is dotted with tall chimney stalks, many European companies are at work, besides many native firms. At first coal was raised from open workings; but regular mining is now carried on, according to the system known as ‘pillar and stall’… The miners are all drawn from the aboriginal races, chiefly Santals and Bauris , who are noted for their endurance and docility." All non-coking coal mines were nationalized in 1973 and placed under Coal Mines Authority of India. In 1975, Eastern Coalfields Limited ,
184-478: Is not less than 20 million tonnes. In 2001 there were at least 33 identified sites of unauthorized mining in Raniganj. Of these many were in Salanpur, Sripur, Satgram and Sodepur Areas. Seven are outside ECL's lease-hold land. However, apart from the identified areas, such activities are spread across the entire region. Systematic mining and movement of coal by the railways, started in the mid-nineteenth century in
207-545: Is spread over West Bengal and Jharkhand. The West Bengal part of the Chanch Victoria Area was located at the south-western edge of Salanpur Area. While collieries such as Damagoria and Borira are still in operation, other collieries such as Victoria and Victoria West have been closed. Private companies such as CESC also have mines in the region. An overview of the proposed mining activity plan in Cluster 3 ,
230-556: The Raniganj Coalfields , led by Carr, Tagore and Company . The conventional " board and pillar " system was used in Indian underground collieries. In this system coal pillars are left behind to support the roof and the vacant space was not always filled with sand. ECL leaves a mine as soon as it is ‘uneconomic’, leaving the remaining coal for others to scavenge upon. There are around 1,380 abandoned pits and inclines of ECL in
253-533: The Raniganj Coalfield. In 1774, John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the British East India Company found coal near Ethora , presently in Salanpur community development block. The early exploration and mining operations were carried out in a haphazard manner. Regular mining started in 1820, led by an agency house, Alexander & Co. In 1835, Prince Dwarkanath Tagore bought over
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#1732797868074276-499: The Salanpur Area in 2018 are: Bonjemehari Colliery, Barmondia Colliery, Dabor, Gourandi Colliery, Gourandi Begunia Colliery and Mohonpur OCP. Non-ECL collieries are outside the Salanpur Area and are included here because they operate in a contiguous area. Ramnagore Colliery , under the control of the Collieries Division of SAIL , is located in the southern part of the Salanpur Area. The Chanch Victoria Area of BCCL
299-399: The adivasi and other locals and migrants. They are quite often in the news when accidents occur. Traditionally many underground collieries have left a void after taking out the coal. As a result, almost all areas are facing subsidence. As per CMPDIL, there were 3 points of subsidence in the Salanpur Area involving 6.38 hectares of land. Prior to the advent of coal mining , the entire region
322-751: The collieries and Carr, Tagore and Company led the field. For the entire 19th century and a major part of the 20th century, Raniganj coalfields was the major producer of coal in the country. At the behest of William Princep, Carr, Tagore and Company joined hands with Gilmore Hombray and Co. in 1843 to form Bengal Coal Company , which opened up coal mining activities. Their headquarters was at Sanctoria . Other mining companies included Birbhum Coal Co., Equitable Coal Co., Madhu Roy and Prasanna Dutta Co., Bird and Co., South Barakar Coal Co., Andrew Yule and Company Ltd. and Balmer Lawrie . In 1886, W.W.Hunter wrote, "Raniganj Coalfield has been estimated at an area of 500 square miles. In this ‘black country of India’, which
345-506: The jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation . Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) Census Towns .(partly presented in the map a little below; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map). Collieries in the Salanpur Area of Eastern Coalfields are: Dabor, Sagramgarh, Begunia, Khoirabad, Modarbahal, Barmondia, Chakballavpur, Sangramgarh OCP, Gourandi OCP, Bonjemehari OCP, Mohanpur OCP and Balmiya OCP. As per ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in
368-885: The proposed mining activity plan in Cluster 4 , a group of 3 mines in Salanpur Area, as of 2015, is as follows: 1. Khoirabad underground mine has no UG potential left. Coal at the in-crop is left which can be extracted by opencast only. The proposed OC mine had an expected life of 4 years. 2. Gaurandih UG mine, with normative annual production capacity of 0.05 mt and peak annual production capacity of 0.08 mt, had an expected life of over 50 years. Gaurandih OC patch had an expected life of 5 years. Gaurandih Begunia OC mine, with normative annual production capacity of 1.8 million tonnes and peak annual production capacity of 2.0 mt, had an expected life of 7 years. 3. Itapara OC project (a new proposal), with normative annual production capacity of 0.4 million tonnes and peak annual production capacity of 0.5 mt, had an expected life of 26 years, An overview of
391-579: The proposed mining activity plan in Cluster 7 , a group of 4 mines in Salanpur and Sripur Area, as of 2015–16, is as follows: 1. Barmondia UG mine, with normative annual production capacity of 0.020 million tonnes and peak annual production capacity of 0.030 mt, had an expected life of more than 10 years. As of 2015–16, there was no production from the mine. 2. Chakballavpur UG mine, with normative annual production capacity of 0.030 million tonnes and peak annual production capacity of 0.040 mt, had an expected life of more than 10 years. Lower Dhadka seam (R-VII)
414-418: The region. The veteran CITU leader, Sunil Basu Roy, described the workers of the illegal mines as "the wretched on the earth" – they have no where else to go and no other means of survival. In Gourandi village, near Asansol, around 5,000 people work in shifts in an open cast mine. Work in such mines are labour-intensive and machines are unknown. The poor who rush into such jobs come from all segments of society,
437-401: The same region. Ajay River The Ajay (/ˈədʒɑɪ/) is a river which flows through the Indian states of Bihar , Jharkhand and West Bengal . The catchment area of Ajay River is 6,000 square kilometres (2,300 sq mi). List of rivers of India 23°39′N 88°08′E / 23.650°N 88.133°E / 23.650; 88.133 This article related to
460-743: The total reserve, 30.61 billion tonnes is in the West Bengal and 18.56 billion tonnes is in Jharkhand. In the Raniganj Coalfield the coal seams can be divided into two blocks – Raniganj measures and Barakar measures. The following areas of ECL are covered by the Raniganj measures: Raniganj-Pandaveswar, Kajora, Jhanjra, Bankola, Kenda, Sonepur, Kunustoria, Satgram, Sripur, Sodepur and Salanpur (partly). Barakar measures cover two areas of ECL: Salanpur and Mugma. ONGC’s preliminary assessment of coal-bed methane indicates that four Damodar Valley coalfields – Jharia, Bokaro, North Karanpura and Raniganj – to be
483-581: Was a low-productive rice crop area in what was once a part of the Jungle Mahals . The ownership of land had passed on from local adivasis to agricultural castes before mining started. However, the Santhals and the Bauris , referred to by the colonial administrators as "traditional coal cutters of Raniganj" remained attached to their lost land and left the mines for agricultural related work, which also
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#1732797868074506-602: Was being worked in the mine. 3. Manoharbahal UG mine, with normative annual production capacity of 0.030 million tonnes and peak annual production capacity of 0.040 mt, had an expected life of more than 10 years. As of 2015–16, there was no production from the mine. 4. Bhanora West UG mine, with normative annual production capacity of 0.10 million tonnes and peak annual production capacity of 0.13 mt, had an expected life of more than 20 years. Bhanora West OC patch had an expected life of 3.5 years. Sripur (R-VI) seam, with gradient varying from 1 in 5.5 to 1 in 7 and degree II gassiness,
529-940: Was more remunerative. It forced the mine-owners to bring in outside labour, mostly from Bihar, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. In time the migrants dominated the mining and industrial scenario. The pauperization and alienation of the adivasis have been major points of social concern. The Asansol–Patna section , which is a part of Howrah-Delhi main line passes through the Salanpur Area. State Highway 5 (West Bengal) running from Rupnarayanpur (in Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur district) originates from this block. Asansol-Chittaranjan road links to both NH 19 and Grand Trunk Road and thereafter it links to Jamtara in Jharkhand and from there to places such as Dumka and Karmatanr. Salanpur Hospital of ECL functions with 50 beds. Chanch/ Victoria Area of BCCL functioning in
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