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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the operational area of ECL in West Bengal, India|its namesake village|Salanpur|its namesake community development block|Salanpur (community development block)}}<br />
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'''Salanpur Area''' is one of the 14 operational areas of [[Eastern Coalfields|Eastern Coalfields Limited]] located in [[Asansol subdivision]] of [[Paschim Bardhaman district]], in the state of [[West Bengal]], India.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
{{OSM Location map<br />
| width=410| height=300| zoom=11<br />
| coord={{coord|23|46|30|N|86|55|30|E}}| float=left|caption='''Collieries in Salanpur Area of Eastern Coalfields'''<br/>U: Undergroud Colliery, O: Open Cast Colliery, N: Non-ECL Colliery, S: Mining support, A: Administrative headquarters, R: Rural centre<br/>Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly<br />
|mark-coord1={{coord|23|47|2|N|86|55|0|E}} | label-pos1=top|label1=Dabor Colliery| numbered1=U| mark-title1= Dabor Colliery (U)|label-color1=#800000 |label-size1=11| mark-size1=12|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1=#800000|shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2<br />
|mark-coord2={{coord|23|47|12|N|86|52|33|E}} | label-pos2=left|label2= Bonjemehari OCP| numbered2=O| mark-title2= Bonjemehari OCP (O) |shape-color2=#C42222<br />
|mark-coord3={{coord|23|48|50|N|86|56|10|E}} | label-pos3=left|label3= Gourandi OCP| numbered3=O| mark-title3= Gourandi OCP (O) |shape-color3=#C42222<br />
|mark-coord4={{coord|23|44|7|N|86|57|27|E}} | label-pos4=left|label4=Barmondia Colliery| numbered4=U| mark-title4= Barmondia Colliery (U)<br />
|mark-coord5={{coord|23|47|8|N|86|55|44|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5= Mohanpur OCP| numbered5=O| mark-title5= Mohanpur OCP (O) |shape-color5=#C42222<br />
|mark-coord6={{coord|23|45|40|N|86|56|53|E}} | label-pos6=right|label6=ECL Salanpur Area Office | numbered6=A| mark-title6=ECL Salanpur Area Office (A)|shape-color6=black| label-size6=13|label-color6=black<br />
|mark-coord7={{coord|23|45|28|N|86|50|09|E}} | label-pos7=right|label7= Ramnagar Colliery SAIL| numbered7=N| mark-title7= [[Ramnagar, Kulti|Ramnagar Colliery SAIL]] (N) |shape-color7=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord8={{coord|23|45|9|N|86|52|1|E}} | label-pos8=bottom|label8= Borira Colliery BCCL| numbered8=N| mark-title8= Borira Colliery BCCL (N) |shape-color8=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord9={{coord|23|48|17|N|87|1|31|E}} | label-pos9=left|label9=Gourandi Begunia Colliery| numbered9=U| mark-title9= Gourandi Begunia Colliery (U)<br />
|mark-coord10={{coord|23|47|55|N|87|2|7|E}} | label-pos10=left|label10= Sarishatali Colliery CESC| numbered10=N| mark-title10= Sarishatali Colliery CESC (N) |shape-color10=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord11={{coord|23|46|20|N|86|50|49|E}} | label-pos11=right|label11= Damagoria Colliery BCCL| numbered11=N| mark-title11= Damagoria Colliery BCCL (N) |shape-color11=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord12={{coord|23|45|0|N|86|55|24|E}} | label-pos12=right|label12=Ethora| numbered12=R| mark-title12=[[Ethora]] (R) |label-color12=#800000<br />
|mark-coord13={{coord|23.7076|86.7952}}| label13=Barakar| label-color13 = #77A1CB| label-angle13=110| label-pos13=top| label-size13=10| mark-size13=0| mark-title13 =none<br />
|mark-coord14={{coord|23.6956|86.7952}}| label14=River| label-color14 = #77A1CB| label-angle14=58| label-pos14=top| label-size14=10| mark-size14=0| mark-title14 =none<br />
|mark-coord15={{coord|23|48|12|N|86|48|15|E}} |label15=Maithon Dam|labela15= Reservoir| label-color15 = #77A1CB| label-angle15=0| label-pos15=top| label-size15=10| mark-size15=0| mark-title15 =none<br />
|mark-coord16={{coord|23|51|0|N|87|0|11|E}} |label16=Ajay River| label-color16 = #77A1CB| label-angle16=20| label-pos16=top| label-size16=10| mark-size16=0| mark-title16 =none}}<br />
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===Location===<br />
Salanpur Area is located around {{coord|23.7768|N|86.8832|E|region:IN|}}.<br />
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It is bounded by rural areas of Jamtara district of Jharkhand, across the [[Ajay River|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 River|Barakar]], on the west, [[Maithon Dam]] and reservoir is at the north-west corner of the Area.<ref name=google>Google maps</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajora_Area#/media/File:ECL_Area_Map.jpg| title = ECL Area Map | publisher = ENVIS Centre on Environmental Problems of Mining | accessdate = 18 August 2018}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=November 2020}}<br />
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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.<br />
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===Urbanisation===<br />
As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan |work = Table 2.2, 2.4(a) | publisher= Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 4 September 2018}}</ref> In 2015, the municipal areas of [[Kulti]], [[Raniganj]] and [[Jamuria]] were included within the jurisdiction of [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]].<ref name=2015notification>{{cite web| url = https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf |work = The Kolkata Gazette | title= Notification No. 335/MA/O/C-4/1M-36/2014 dated 3 June 2015 |publisher= Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 4 September 2018 }}</ref> Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) [[Census Town]]s.(partly presented in the map a little below; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).<br />
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===Coal mining===<br />
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.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/66080/13/13_chapter%205.pdf |title = Coalmining impact on the Environment |work = Chapter V: Table 5.2 | publisher= shodganga.infibnet | accessdate = 21 February 2017}}</ref><br />
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As per ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Salanpur Area in 2018 are: Bonjemehari Colliery, Barmondia Colliery, Dabor, Gourandi Colliery, Gourandi Begunia Colliery and Mohonpur OCP.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.easterncoal.gov.in/contactus/cugtel/salanpur.pdf | title = Area-wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers | work =Salanpurr Area | publisher = Eastern Coalfields Limited | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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Non-ECL collieries are outside the Salanpur Area and are included here because they operate in a contiguous area.<br />
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|mark-coord17={{coord|23|44|21|N|86|50|13|E}} | label-pos17=right|label17= Kulti | numbered17=N| mark-title17= [[Kulti]] (N)|shape-color17=#C42222<br />
|mark-coord18={{coord|23|41|29|N|86|49|45|E}} | label-pos18=top|label18= Dishergarh | numbered18=N| mark-title18= [[Dishergarh]] (N)|shape-color18=#C42222<br />
|mark-coord19={{coord|23|42|6|N|86|59|47|E}} | label-pos19=top|label19= Kalla | numbered19=N| mark-title19= [[Kalla, Asansol]] (N)|shape-color19=#C42222<br />
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|mark-coord27={{coord|23.7076|86.7952}}| label27=Barakar| label-color27 = #77A1CB| label-angle27=110| label-pos27=top| label-size27=10| mark-size27=0| mark-title27 =none<br />
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[[Ramnagar, Kulti|Ramnagore Colliery]], under the control of the Collieries Division of [[Steel Authority of India|SAIL]], is located in the southern part of the Salanpur Area.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://sail.co.in/right-information-act/collories-division | title = Collieries Division| publisher = Steel Authority of India Limited | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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The Chanch Victoria Area of [[Bharat Coking Coal|BCCL]] 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=1715 | title = Chanch Victoria Area | work = Overview | publisher = Bharat Coking Coal Limited | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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Private companies such as [[CESC Limited|CESC]] also have mines in the region.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/1150216/jsp/business/story_3556.jsp | title = CESC retains Sarisatolli | author= Sambit Saha| work = The Telegraph | date= 16 February 2015 | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/cesc-gets-back-sarisatolli-mine/article6905760.ece | title = CESC gets back Sarisatoli mine | author = Indrani Dutta | work = The Hindu, 17 February 2015 | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Mining plan==<br />
An overview of the proposed mining activity plan in ''Cluster 3'', a group of 3 mines in Salanpur Area, as of 2012, is as follows:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/TOR/2013_7_18_Jul_2013_1214199031Cluster3TOR.pdf | title = Revised application for TOR for Cluster No.3 Group of Mines | work = 2012| publisher = Ministry of Environment and Forests | accessdate = 19 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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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.<br/><br />
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.<br/><br />
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.<br />
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[[Image:ECL Area Map.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Operational Areas of ECL (Source:[http://ismenvis.nic.in/Database/Parascole_West_Colliery_06071999_9295.aspx ENVIS Centre on Environmental Problems of Mining])]]<br />
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An overview of the proposed mining activity plan in ''Cluster 4'', a group of 3 mines in Salanpur Area, as of 2015, is as follows:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/EC/072220151ECletterofCluster-4_J-11015-106-2011.pdf | title = Cluster No.4 (3 Mines) | work = 2015 | publisher = Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change | accessdate = 19 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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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.<br/><br />
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.<br/><br />
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,<br />
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An overview of the proposed mining activity plan in ''Cluster 7'', a group of 4 mines in Salanpur and [[Sripur Area|Sripur]] Area, as of 2015–16, is as follows:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://easterncoal.gov.in/notices/environment/20161130salansri.pdf | title = Environmental Statement for Cluster 7 Group of Mines| work = 2015–16 | publisher = Central Mine Planning and Design Institute | accessdate = 26 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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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.<br/><br />
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) was being worked in the mine.<br/><br />
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.<br/><br />
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, is being worked.<br />
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==Illegal coal mining==<br />
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 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.<ref name=illegalmining1>{{cite web | url = https://www.academia.edu/3141696/Unintended_Collieries_People_and_Resources_in_Eastern_India | title = Unintended Collieries: People and Resources in Eastern India | first= Kuntala|last=Lahiri-Dutt | work= Resource Management in Asia-Pacific, Working Paper No. 44 | date=2003| publisher = RMAP Working Papers | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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Systematic mining and movement of coal by the railways, started in the mid-nineteenth century in the [[Raniganj Coalfields]], led by [[Carr, Tagore and Company]].<ref>Akkori Chattopadhyay, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'', in Bengali, Vol I, pp. 46-51, Radical, 2001, {{ISBN|81-85459-36-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/coal-dust-in-the-tagore-album/ | title = Coal Dust in the Tagore Album | author=Vikram Doctor, Editor, Special Features | work = The Economic Times|at=Blogs|date=20 September 2012 | accessdate = 2 August 2018}}</ref> The conventional "[[Room and pillar mining|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.<ref name=illegalmining1/> There are around 1,380 abandoned pits and inclines of ECL in the region.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1824/18240500.htm | title = The ‘rat-holes’ of Ranigunj | work = Frontline | volume=18 | issue=24 | date=November 4 – December 7, 2001 | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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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, the adivasi and other locals and migrants. They are quite often in the news when accidents occur.<ref name=illegalmining1/><br />
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==Subsidence==<br />
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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/66080/13/13_chapter%205.pdf | title = Coal mining impact on the environment | pages=78-81 | publisher = Shodhganga | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Migrants==<br />
Prior to the advent of coal mining, the entire region 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 [[adivasi]]s to agricultural castes before mining started. However, the [[Santal people|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 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.<ref name=illegalmining1/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1245/2/2.pdf | title = Industrialisation and Emergence of Labour Force in Bengal during The Colonial Period: Its Socio-Economic Impact | first = Nirban |last= Basu | work = Vidyasagar University Journal of History|volume=1|date=2012–2013 | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Transport==<br />
The [[Asansol–Patna section]], which is a part of [[Howrah-Delhi main line]] passes through the Salanpur Area.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/tatanagar-chhapra-express-18181/322/7/701#st |title = 18181 Tatanagar-Chhapra Express |work = Time Table | publisher= indiarailinfo | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
[[State Highway 5 (West Bengal)]] running from Rupnarayanpur (in Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur district) originates from this block.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.wbtrafficpolice.com/state-highways.php |title = List of State Highways in West Bengal |work = | publisher= West Bengal Traffic Police | accessdate = 11 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref name=google/><br />
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==Healthcare==<br />
Salanpur Hospital of ECL functions with 50 beds.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpublibnet.gov.in/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/uploads/pdf/eastern_coldfields_limiteds_hospital.pdf | title = Eastern Coalfields Limited's Hospitals| publisher = Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 18 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Chanch/ Victoria Area]] of [[Bharat Coking Coal|BCCL]] functioning in the same region.<br />
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==References==<br />
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