central coalfields proposes the balkudra coal mining project at village balkudra, dist. ramgarh, jharkhand. the current status of the project could not be ascertained. according to moef sources, the normative capacity is 1 mtpa and the peak capacity is 1.3 mtpa. the project area is 149.50 hectares. the estimated cost of the project is rs. 58 million. life of mine is 7 years. mining will be undertaken by opencast method using shovel-dumper combination. [info as of: feb. 17]
