{"id":479,"date":"2007-08-22T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2007-08-23T02:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/?p=479"},"modified":"2007-08-22T23:07:52","modified_gmt":"2007-08-23T03:07:52","slug":"new-coal-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/479","title":{"rendered":"New Coal reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following is from a PIB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Minister of State for Coal Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that the exploration activity has established additional resources during Xth Plan period in several coalfields including Orissa and West Bengal. Giving details, he said during the period January, 2006 to March, 2007, 4080 million tonnes of new coal resources have been estimated in the country. As a result the inventory of Geological Resources of Coal in India, prepared by Geological Survey of India (GSI) has increased by 4080 mt as indicated below:<\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Data of Estimation<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Total estimated geological resources of coal in India <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(in million Tonnes)<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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As on 1.4.07<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

257,381<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

As on 1.1.2006<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

253,301<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Addition of coal resources from 1.1.06 to 1.4.07<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

4,080<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Rao further informed that out of the total addition of coal resources mentioned above 520 million tonnes have been estimated in the state of West Bengal and 1234 million tonnes in the state of Orissa.<\/p>\n

The state-wise and coalfield-wise details of estimation of additional coal resources in blocks where exploration has been concluded during the period from January, 2006 to March, 2007 are given as under:-<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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State<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Coalfields<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

New coal resources<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Estimated (in million Tonnes)<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

West Bengal<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Raniganj<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

520<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Jharkhand<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Ramgarh<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

79<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Jharkhand<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

West Bokora<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

186<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Jharkhand<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

North Karnpura<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

229<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Madhya Pradesh<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Singaralui<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

588<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Chhattisgarh<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Hasdo-Arand<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

8<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Maharasthra<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Wardha Valley<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

173<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Maharasthra<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Kamptee<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

55<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Maharasthra<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Nand Bander<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

366<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Orissa<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Talchar<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

1234<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Andhra Pradesh<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Godavari  <\/span>Valley<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

569<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Sikkim<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Rangit Valley<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

73<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Total<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

4080<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Minister added that based on the potential of the blocks revealed from regional exploration data the detailed exploration is under process in different blocks\/areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following is from a PIB. The Minister of State for Coal Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that the exploration activity has established additional resources during Xth Plan period in several coalfields including Orissa and West Bengal. Giving details, he said during the period January, 2006 to March, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,58,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-angul","category-anugul-talcher-saranga-nalconagar","category-coal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}