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{{Infobox mine
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| state/province = [[Telangana]]
| country = [[India]]
| owner = [[Singareni Collieries Company|The Singareni Collieries Company Limited]]
| official website = [http://scclmines.com/ scclmines.com]
| acquisition year = 1920
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[[File:Singareni opencast coal mines at Manuguru 04.jpg|thumb|240px|Singareni opencast coal mines at [[Manuguru]] on Godavari Valley Coalfields]]
'''Godavari Valley Coalfield''' is located in the districts of [[Adilabad district|Adilabad]], [[Karimnagar district|Karimnagar]], [[Khammam district|Khammam]] and [[Warangal district|Warangal]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Telangana]]. It is the only coalfield in South India. It lies in the basin of the [[Godavari River]].

==History==
Dr. King of the Geological Survey of India discovered coal in Khammam district in 1871. The Hyderabad (Deccan) Company Limited acquired mining rights to exploit the coal in 1886. The Singareni Collieries Company Limited, incorporated in 1920, acquired all assets of the Hyderabad (Deccan) Company Limited. [[Hyderabad State]] purchased majority shares of The Singareni Collieries Company Limited in 1945. With the [[States Reorganisation Act|reorganization of states]], the controlling interest of The Singareni Collieries Company Limited vested with the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh now Telangana]] in 1956.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://scclmines.com/history.asp |title=History |publisher=The Singareni Collieries Company Limited |access-date=2012-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504024011/http://scclmines.com/history.asp |archive-date=2012-05-04 }}</ref>

The implementation of the five year plans saw large scale expansion in the activities of The Singareni Collieries Company Limited. Since March 1960 it was jointly owned by the Government of Telangana and the [[Government of India]]. The activities of Godavari Valley Coalfield extended to the districts of [[Adilabad district|Adilabad]], [[Karimnagar district|Karimnagar]], [[Khammam district|Khammam]] and [[Warangal district|Warangal]]. The coal extracted in the Godavari Valley Coalfield, the sole coalfield in South India, up to 2009-10 was about 929.12 million tonnes.<ref name=history/>

==The coalfield==
The cumulative basin area of Godavari Valley Coalfield is 17,400 km2. The coal bearing area is 11,000 km2. However, the area considered potential for regional exploration is 1,700 km2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scclmines.com/Exploration_home.asp |title=Godavari Valley Coalfield |publisher=The Singareni Collieries Company Limited |access-date=2012-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312115647/http://www.scclmines.com/exploration_home.asp |archive-date=2005-03-12 }}</ref>

The Godavari Valley Coalfield, sometimes referred to Pranhita-Godavari Valley Coalfield, is a continuation of the [[Wardha Valley Coalfield]]. It extends over an area of 9,000 km2. The Lower Gondwana rocks consisting of Talchir, Barakar and Kamthi measures are well developed in the area. The Godavari Valley Coalfield is divided into twelve coal belts. Important coalfields of the area are: Tandur Coalfield; North Godavari and South Godavari Coalfield; Karlapalli or Kamaram Coalfield; Ramagundam Coalfield etc.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.geologydata.info/coal_03.htm|title = Geological and Geographical Distribution of Coalfields in India| publisher = geologydata.info |access-date = 20 February 2020 }}</ref>

==Reserves==
According to the [[Geological Survey of India]], Godavari Valley Coalfield has total reserves (as on 1 January 2004) of 16,697.26 million tonnes of non-coking coal, up to a depth of 1,200 m, out of which 8091.10 million tonnes are proved reserves and the rest being indicated or inferred. A large portion of the coal is up to a depth of 300 m.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/gsiDoc/pub/IndiaCoalResources2004.pdf | title =Coal Resources of India (As on 1.1.2004) | publisher =Coal Wing, Geological Survey of India, Kolkata | access-date =2012-05-01 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120327022156/http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/gsiDoc/pub/IndiaCoalResources2004.pdf | archive-date =2012-03-27 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

Subsequent studies of Geological Survey of India attribute as much as 22,054.58 million tonnes of coal reserves to the Godavari Valley Coalfield.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://scclmines.com/downloads/exploration.pdf |title = Exploration Data on SCCL Web 2011_Final | work = Geological Reserves | publisher = The Singareni Collieries Company Limited |access-date = 2012-05-01 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Coalfields}}
{{Godavari basin}}

[[Category:Coalfields of India]]
[[Category:Energy in Telangana]]
[[Category:Economy of Telangana]]
[[Category:Mining in Telangana]]

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