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'''Lalmatia Colliery''' was a private, underground [[coal mine]] at Lalmatia, [[Santhal Pargana division|District- Santhal Paragana]] (now in [[Godda District]] a breakaway part of [[Santhal Paragana]]). After nationalisation of non-coking coal mines in [[India]] during 1973, this mine was taken over by the Indian government and came under [[Eastern Coalfields Limited]] (ECL, a subsidiary of [[Coal India]] Limited). <br />
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Until the early 1990s, the mine produced around 100 tons of coal per day. It was located 34&nbsp;km North of [[Godda]] in the Godda district, in the Indian state of [[Jharkhand]]. This suburban area was ECL's largest opencast project. Besides Rajmahal Coal Mining Project, which is the main supplier of coal to Farrakka NTPC and Kahalgaon NTPC, Lalmatia Colliery attracted businessmen, politicians, criminals, administrative officials and ECL officials. Lalmatia Collieryhas now been renamed as Rajmahal Opencast Project under Rajmhal Group of Mines of Eastern Coalfields Ltd.<br />
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Most people of Lalmatia and surrounding villages (Dakaita, Hijukita, Basdiha, Lohandia, Bhorai, Bara Simra, Neema, Kendua, Telgama, Kusuma, Tetaria, Ballia etc.) are employed with Rajmahal Coal Mining Project. Mining is done on a large scale in this area with the help of may world class companies like Birla, CISC etc. The people around this area enjoy many facilities like free electricity, free water supply and many more things. The major problem faced by the people of this area is dust and pollution which come from the nearby crusher.<br />
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== Accident in mine ==<br />
Ten miners were died and unspecified number of miner trapped, when massive mound of earth came crashing down on them at Lalmatia open cast coal mine of Eastern Coalfields Ltd last night, the worst such disaster in over a decade.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Accident in coal mine field|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/589034/10-miners-dead-lalmatia-colliery.html}}</ref><br />
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== Reference ==<br />
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[[Category:Coal mines in India]]<br />
[[Category:Former coal mines]]<br />
[[Category:Former mines in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mining in Jharkhand]]</div>>Monkbot