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In the northern portion of the northern most Hura basin,
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Pre-historic deposit of coal acquired its alluvial and hilly
heights due to volcanic eruptions which covered vast areas
with the flow of hot lava. This turned later into a
mountain range, and geological termed the ‘Rajmahal
trap’. The Rajmahal coalfield and Rajmahal OCP have
been named after it. Rajmahal coal is considered to be
‘new coal’ or first generation coal, available about 20-70
mtrs. Beneath the surface besides this trapped asset-a gift
of nature responsible for major changes and growth in the
nearby villages, this treasure of the land played a vital
role during the 9th century.
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The Lalmatia area has reason to feel proud for being in
proximity to the famous historical place, the great
‘Vikramshila’ which has a glorious past. with the passage
of time, this educational institution of international
repute turned into ruins the relics of this ‘Buddha Bihar’
tells the story of the past, when the second king in order of
Paul emperor was ‘Dharma pal’. He was regarded as the
best ruler during his 35 year regime and there was all
round development in the areas under his control, from
Bengal to Jalandhar in Punjab. He followed the religion of
Buddhism and established vikramshila during 810 A.D,
presently in Bhagalpur district of Bihar, known as
‘angadesh’ comprising munghyr and Bhagalpur. The
vikramsila became very important during the period 955
to 983 A.D when there were six learned departmental
heads, like acharya ratnakar shanti, bageswar kirti,
narapantha, progyakaramiti, ratna vatta, and gyanshri
Mishra. The learned scholar Atish Dipankar was the
principal of this great Bihar where students from china,
japan and Tibet came to study, the famous Chinese
traveller Huen sung came to Vikramshila for acquiring
knowledge on Buddhism. With such a glorious
background, Lalmatia, 30 kms from the districts town of
Godda has again become important. The beautiful natural
scenery around the hilly area of Lalmatia present
traditional life- style of Adavasi [tribal] villagers. neat
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and clean hutments, decorated with green leaves, with
paintings of its mud walls at Bara Bhorai, Bansdiha,,
taljhari, Chota Bhorai, Harakka, Paharpur villages
present a colorful picture of mid- winter mornings when
the young and mild sun lies quietly on the lap of the
Rangmatia hill at lalmatia. In the background, the
Rajmahal traps forms a faint blue line on the distant
canvas of the horizon. The elusive sun beckons the
dwellers of the nearby Adivasi village to assemble near
‘Marangburu’- a big hill. fascinating environs Whisper
through a green belt around the hill reminding them of
this at paddy has come home and that it is time to prepare
for the festive days- ‘Soharai’ popularly known as
‘Bandana’,the days of joy and happiness. The Adivashis
worship nature in its different form.
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REHABILITATION OF PROJECT
AFFECTED VILLAGES
[STATUS AS ON 1 DEC’2013]
Bara simra
Dhobatarn 25 25 completed
Charantola 95 95 completed
Dahernangi 39 39 completed
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In the beginning, large area of land was needed to start the
mining operation for which the ECL approached to
villagers and on being disappointed with the hostile
approach of the inhabitants again tried to acquire the
land taking help of state government authorities.
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after payment of compensation, villagers were reluctant in
shifting their ancestral house where they were living from
decades to other locations and they were suspicious to loose
their land, house, culture and touch with the nature.
With the continuous dialogue with the villagers and
forming a social rehab committee consisting of villagers
also and proposing basic and modern infrastructural
facilities at rehabilitation site consisting of their
traditional and rituals places such as MajhiAsthan, Gad
Tandi, JoharAsthan etc. and thus assuring to maintain
their cultural and traditional heritage along with all
modern facilities, villager became agreeable to shift to a
new location.
During rehabilitating the villages, a point was kept in
mind to settle the village in the lap of nature as the tribal
were very close to the nature as their all culture and
rituals are related to nature and hunting being in their
blood.
According village rehabilitation and social condition were
entrusted to villagers select their site of their
rehabilitation within the available land which also
brought fellow feeling and they felt themselves a part of
Rehab process. Construction of infrastructural facilities at
rehabilitation site started keeping in mind to provide
basic and modern facilities such as- Dug wells, hand
pumps, tube wells,
Excavation of pond, road, drain, culvert. Community
Centre, shopping Centre, dispensary, primary school,
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playground, children park, worship places such as
MajiAsthan , Gaur Asthan, JoharAsthan, Temple, church,
Masjid, Burial ground keeping the cultural heritage intact.
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During mid-50s coal used to be mined from the Lalmatia
area in a very small scale. A few small companies started
operating underground mines with entry through inclines
in the area since mid-60s. the mines were Lalmatia,
Paharpur, Chatkam, Simlong, Paul’s Chilge, Haripur,
hurrah block i b, Hurrah block i a. as per record of
geological survey of India, and detailed prospecting was
carried out here before 1963. The Lalmatia underground
mine was started before 1973. The area below the
Rangamatia hill was worked in seam ii and seam ii by as
many as 13 inclines. Lastly inclines no. 12 and 13 were
worked where the roof was treacherous and required close
supports. During the year 1974, Lalmatia and Simlong,
two small mines were working with a few regular workers
and a number of seasonal workers who used to be engaged
from time to time. After takeover of these mines by govt. of
India in May, 1974 some activities started in a small way.
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BEGINNING OF RAJMAHAL OCP
On the basis of the data of first 21 boreholes drilled by
geological survey of India [ GSI ] as reported by them in
1975, a preliminary geological assessment was made by
central mine planning and design exploration in
November, 1977 and submitted reported in May ’79. Based
on that a project report for 5 mty was formulated in
august, 1979, and later the 5 MT project was approved by
govt. of India in august, 1980. In the meantime, in 1984
NTP projected a demand of 10.1 MT of coal thus requesting
cil to upgrade the production capacity of Rajmahal project.
Further exploration was undertaken by central mine
planning and design institute limited of coal India
limited. Revised cost estimate for 5 MT was prepared
which included some infrastructures like chp and rapid
loading system of 10.5 MT per year. Subsequently in depth
study was done and a report in association with met-
chem, a Canadian executing agency was prepared for 10.5
million tons per year in September, 1987. The first
expansion of Rajmahal OCP from 5 mty to 10.5 mty was
approved by govt. of India in November 1988 for a capital
investment of RS. 562.70 crores and later a revised cost
estimated was sanctioned for rs.966.7 crores.for achieving
10.5 mty, coal production requirement per day is around
32,000 tons and overburden removal to the tune of
45,000 cu.m. Per day. for handling such a high volume of
work load, high capacity equipment like 20 cum
electrical rope shovels, 10-13 cum hydraulic shovels,10
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cum rope shovels, 170 t, 100 t and 85 t dumpers, 410 HP
dozers, 28 kl water tankers, road graders and other allied
equipment have been deployed in the mine. The feather
touch control of these equipment and ac cabin facilitate
in achieving high productivity. For depicting 10.5 mty
coal, a coal handling plant with crushing arrangement of
rom coal to [-] 200mm size by crushers, conveying to
storage ground bunker of capacity 45,000 tons, reclaiming
by no. underground rotary reclaim plough feeders,
conveying and feeding to 2 no. silos of 4,000 tons capacity
each. Each silo has pre-weigh hoppers and rapid loading
system to load one rake of 55 wagons in one hour time
while the rake is moving at slow speed.
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The well-equipped workshop and store facilities are under
one roof which provides a very efficient arrangement for
maintenance of high capacity production equipment. With
systematically located bays, provided with repair and
calibration facilities, centralized lubrication system,
condition based monitoring system, oil testing lab, test
benches, engine repair unit, hydraulic and other sub-
assembly repair unit, welding arrangements. Tools&
tackles for all applications are available in the shop for
timely and effective maintenance of the equipment. The
stores with 78,000 sq.mtr. Of floor area furnished with
adequate racking arrangement erected most logically,
cranes, forklift and other store handling equipment are
available for easy handling and providing quick service to
the maintenance personnel.
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SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT AS PER PR [10.5MTY]
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CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
Head of account AS per Approved RCE completion date AS of project
MAJOR EQUIPMENT
Equipment Numbers
Rope shovel 07
Hydraulic shovel 09
Loaders 02
Dozers 28
Graders 04
Water tanker 07
Wheel dozer 01
170 ton dumpers 20
85 ton dumpers 44
Drill 10
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Since India is greatly influenced by monsoon, Jharkhand is a
larger part of it. The rainy season dominates mining activities.
During the months of June, July, august and September the
mining activities suffer loss due to waterlogging in the mining
areas because the mining carried out in rajmahal ECL is open
caste mining. As a result the production decreases in theses
months which definitely affects the economy of the country.
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GEOLOGY OF MINING BLOCK
The coal is of Permian in age and occurs within lower
gondwana group of sedimentary rocks in the upper Barakar
formation. There are twelve creatable coal seams formally
recognized, seven of which are deemed to be thick enough over
a sufficiently large area to be considered mineable. The
Lalmatia hill located in the north of the project is an outlier
of the volcanic high lands consisting of basaltic rocks.
Hydro-geology
The water table in an around Rajmahal project is very high –
8 to 9 mtrs. From the ground surface. The parting sand stones
which occur in between coal seams, acts as water bearing
formations or aquifer. There are five major aquifer horizons.
Due to presence of aquifers, advance de-watering was done
with an aim to bring the ground water table down below to
the level of the lower most coal seams to be mined and
depressurized the aquifer just below it.
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The 220/132 KV sub-station at Dhankunda receives 132 KV
power line from kahalgaon STPP and 220 KV Farakka STPP
via 100 MVA, 220/132 KV transformer and supplies to mine
and CHP via 35 MVA 132/33 KV ECL transformer and 20
MVA, 132/33 KV via transformer. The 33 KV power supply
from ECL transformer is further stepped down to 6.6 KV by 4
MVA, 33/6.6 KV transformer for supplying in urjanagar
township.
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Achievement
PRODUCTS
COKING COAL:
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NON-COKING COAL:
MIDDLINGS:
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SWOT ANALYSIS
Strength
World's largest producer of mica; third largest
producer of coal and lignite & barytes; ranks among
the top producers of iron ore, bauxite, manganese ore
and aluminum.
Opportunities
Potential areas for exploration ventures include gold,
diamond, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, cobalt,
molybdenum, lithium, tin, tungsten, silver, platinum
group of metals and other rare metals, chromite and
manganese ore, and fertiliser minerals.
Threats:
Large integrated international metal manufacturers
including POSCO, Mittal Steel and Alcan have
announced plans for expansion in India
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Urjanagar Township has 1488 residential quarters for
employees of rajmahal area. This includes 47 d-type, 98 c-
type, 463 b-type and 880 NH’s residential quarters.
50 bedded hospitals.
Shopping complex with two banks, ATM and post
office.
BSNL telephone exchange and mobile tower within
the Colony campus.
Stadium of 5000 seating capacity including 150 in
VIP gallery and one mini shopping complex.
Indoor stadium for badminton.
Indoor stadium for table tennis.
School having education facilities from nursery to 12
standards.
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Kindergarten school runs by ladies club at very
nominal fee.
Recreation clubs for officers, staffs and workers.
Sewing training center for ladies from nearby villages
where 40 women are trained every year in two
sessions- run by ladies club.
Spices grinding unit being run by ladies club where
6 poor Ladies from nearby villages have been given
employment.
LPG sale counter through employees co-operative
Temple
Cable TV network
Helipad
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The project had incurred a cumulative loss of 258.86 crores since 1984-85
to 1995-96. Since 1996-97 the project has started giving profit. The
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The collection of data and information about
Rajmahal-
1. Primary Data:
Primary data was collected by
a. Websites
b. Rajmahal Magazine.
DATABASE
The survey report has been made with collectively data
from:
Survey
Internet
Magazine
Local people
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The Value Of Life Does Not Depend Upon The Duration Of
Time Spend On Earth, Rather On The Love And Care
Shared With The Pepople We Care About.Rajmahal Group
Of Mines Has Followed This Principal Hence Become A
Renowed Name Caol India Limited.
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SERIAL QUESTIONS YES NO NO NO. OF
NO. RESPONSE RESPONDENTS
1 Do you have all the 18 07 05 30
authority connected
with your work?
2 Do you get orders from 23 04 03 30
more than one boss?
3 Do you give top priority 20 03 07 30
to the interest of the
company?
4 Do you get reasonable 30 00 00 30
remuneration?
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PHOTO COLLECTED WHILE VISITING
COAL MINES
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