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{{Infobox mine
| name = Eastern Jharia Area
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| pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India
| pushpin_label = Eastern Jharia Area
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand
| coordinates = {{coord|23.6657|N|86.4468|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| place =
| subdivision_type = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| state/province = [[Jharkhand]]
| country = [[India]]
| owner = [[Bharat Coking Coal|Bharat Coking Coal Limited]]
| official website = http://www.bcclweb.in/
| acquisition year = 1971-72
| stock_exchange =
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| products = Coking coal
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'''Eastern Jharia Area''' is one of the 12 operational areas of [[Bharat Coking Coal|BCCL]] located in [[Dhanbad Sadar subdivision]] of [[Dhanbad district]] in the state of [[Jharkhand]], [[India]].

==History==
The [[Jharia coalfield]] is the only repository of [[Metallurgical coal|coking coal]] in the country. Coking coal is being mined for over a century in the Eastern Jharia Area with such mines as Bhowrah, Sudamdih and Patherdih. Geo-mining conditions in the [[Mining#Underground mining|underground]] mines vary from moderate to extreme. In some cases, it is so extreme that these are amongst the most difficult mines to work in the world. This has resulted in the deeper seams, with good quality prime coking coal, to remain untapped. Moreover, shallow deposits worked by primitive methods, in pre-nationalisation period, is leading to [[Coal-seam fire|mining fire]].<ref name=easternjhariaarea>{{cite web | url =http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=1713 | title = Eastern Jharia Area | publisher = Bharat Coking Coal Limited | accessdate = 19 June 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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|mark-coord11={{coord|23|44|1|N|86|24|0|E}} | label-pos11=top|label11= SAIL Jitpur colliery| numbered11=U| mark-title11= SAIL Jitpur colliery (U)
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===Location===
The Eastern Jharia Area office is located at {{coord|23.6657|N|86.4468|E|region:IN|display=inline}}.

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. In the map placed further down, all places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

The Eastern Jharia Area is located in the eastern part of Jharia coalfield.<ref name=easternjhariaarea/>

==Mining activity==
*Bhowrah (North) colliery is an underground mine with a total reserve of 99.24444 million tonnes.<ref name=easternjhariaarea/>
*Bhowra (South) colliery has a total reserve of 244.876 million tonnes.<ref name=easternjhariaarea/>
*Sudamdih Incline mine has a total reserve of 3.050 million tonnes.<ref name=easternjhariaarea/>
*Sudamdih shaft mine has a total reserve of 50.428 million tonnes.<ref name=easternjhariaarea/>
*Patherdih colliery has a total reserve of 64.955 million tonnes.<ref name=easternjhariaarea/>
*Amlabad Project has a total reserve of 45.940 million tonnes.<ref name=easternjhariaarea/>
The Eastern Jharia Area has a total reserve of 508.493 million tonnes.<ref name=easternjhariaarea/>

[[Steel Authority of India]] has Chasnala colliery in this region.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://sail.co.in/iisco-steel-plant/about-iisco-steel-plant | title = Steel Authority of India Limited | work = IISCO Steel Plant - History | publisher = SAIL | accessdate = 19 June 2019}}</ref>

Patherdih [[Coal preparation plant|washery]] with an annual capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per year was commissioned in 1964. Sudamdih washery with an annual capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per year was commissioned in 1981.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=248 | title = Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. | work = WasheryI | publisher = BCCL | accessdate = 19 June 2019}}</ref>

==Mining plan==
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An overview of the proposed mining activity plan in ''Cluster X'', a group of 6 mines in the Eastern Jharia Area, as of 2013, is as follows:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/EC/758195555_EC_cluster-X.pdf| title = Environmental clearance | work= Cluster X |publisher = Bharat Coking Coal Limited | accessdate = 19 June 2019}}</ref>

1.Bhowrah North colliery, with an underground mine, has a normative production capacity of 0.11 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.143 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 30 years. It had an [[Open-pit mining|open cast]] section with a normative production capacity of 0.42 million tonnes per year, a peak production capacity of 0.546 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 4 years.

2.Bhowrah South colliery, with an underground mine, has a normative production capacity of 0.29 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.377 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 30 years. The 3 pit open cast section with a normative production capacity of 0.235 million tonnes per year, a peak production capacity of 0.305 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 4.5 years. The Chandan open cast section with a normative production capacity of 0.158 million tonnes per year, a peak production capacity of 0.205 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 2.5 years.

3.Patherdih colliery, with an underground mine, has a normative production capacity of 0.054 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.07 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 30 years. The Chandan open cast section with a normative production capacity of 0.22 million tonnes per year, a peak production capacity of 0.286 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 4 years.

4.Sudamdih Incline colliery, with an underground mine, has a normative production capacity of 0.09 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.117 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 30 years.

5.Sudamdih Shaft colliery, with an underground mine, has a normative production capacity of 0.185 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.24 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 30 years.

6.Amlabad colliery, with an underground mine, is closed for production.

==Mine fire and subsidence==
In the Eastern Jharia Area about 17.85 hectare of surface area is affected by [[Coal-seam fire|mining fire]] and subsidence. At Sudamdih and Patherdih collieries, all the quarries affected by fire and subsidence have been filled up. Most of the affected area in Bhowrah (North) colliery has also been filled up with quarry overburden.<ref name=easternjhariaarea/>

==Healthcare==
The Eastern Jharia Area has 3 hospitals – Jealgora Regional Hospital with 100 beds, Bhowrah Hospital with 10 beds and Sudamdih Hospital with 10 beds,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=13141| title = Eastern Jharia Area Welfare | publisher = Bharat Coking Coal Limited | accessdate = 19 June 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Operational Areas of BCCL}}

[[Category:Coal mining operational areas in Jharkhand]]

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