RAMGARH:
The opencast mine of the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) called Sangam
and also known as the worst fire-hit coal mine of the company, which
was shut down 15 years ago, has now turned into a green landscape.
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The high rising flames coming out of the mine was a challenge for the CCL and the underground fire was rapidly spreading to Bhurkunda market, one the biggest business centres in the coal belt. The company had even shifted hundreds of families of workers residing near the fire area to safer places. Now, the fire area has been developed into a green landscape and an attractive tourist spot. It took three years for the work to get completed.
Sumit Ghosh, chief general manager of the company, said CCL has successfully developed the worst fire-hit Sangam coal mine into a green landscape and aims to develop it further into an attractive tourist destination of the coal belt. "The land in and around the fire-hit area has been covered with grass and trees. This helped the experts to douse the fire. There is sufficient quantity of fresh water in the mines which is being used to water the plants and grass near the mine," said Ghosh adding that CCL aims to plant more fruit bearing trees like mango, blackberry and other seasonal fruits in the fire area.
Ghosh said scientists who recently visited the site were happy to see that their new experiment has been successful in and around the burning coal mine. Scientists have also suggested putting fish fingerlings into the water body at the mine following which CCL has decided to release as many as five lakh fingerlings into the closed mines.
Officials said the closed mine contains sufficient fresh water which could be used for cultivating fish. Fishes weighing more than 30kg has been caught in several closed coal mines in the district and this promoted CCL to start fishery in it's closed mine.
Local residents of Bhurkunda has appreciated CCL's unique initiative to develop the fire-hit coal mines into a tourist destination. Jagtan Singh, a local resident of Bhurkunda, said, "Hundreds of businessmen in Bhurkunda bazaar were worried about the fire spearding to the market place. Now that it has been developed into a tourist spot we are relieved."
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The high rising flames coming out of the mine was a challenge for the CCL and the underground fire was rapidly spreading to Bhurkunda market, one the biggest business centres in the coal belt. The company had even shifted hundreds of families of workers residing near the fire area to safer places. Now, the fire area has been developed into a green landscape and an attractive tourist spot. It took three years for the work to get completed.
Sumit Ghosh, chief general manager of the company, said CCL has successfully developed the worst fire-hit Sangam coal mine into a green landscape and aims to develop it further into an attractive tourist destination of the coal belt. "The land in and around the fire-hit area has been covered with grass and trees. This helped the experts to douse the fire. There is sufficient quantity of fresh water in the mines which is being used to water the plants and grass near the mine," said Ghosh adding that CCL aims to plant more fruit bearing trees like mango, blackberry and other seasonal fruits in the fire area.
Ghosh said scientists who recently visited the site were happy to see that their new experiment has been successful in and around the burning coal mine. Scientists have also suggested putting fish fingerlings into the water body at the mine following which CCL has decided to release as many as five lakh fingerlings into the closed mines.
Officials said the closed mine contains sufficient fresh water which could be used for cultivating fish. Fishes weighing more than 30kg has been caught in several closed coal mines in the district and this promoted CCL to start fishery in it's closed mine.
Local residents of Bhurkunda has appreciated CCL's unique initiative to develop the fire-hit coal mines into a tourist destination. Jagtan Singh, a local resident of Bhurkunda, said, "Hundreds of businessmen in Bhurkunda bazaar were worried about the fire spearding to the market place. Now that it has been developed into a tourist spot we are relieved."
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