Bararee Colliery is one of the underground mines of

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area of

Bharat Coking Coal Limited Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited which is inturn under the ownership of Ministry of Coal, Government of India, Its headquarters is located at Dhanbad and Kolkata, India. It was incorporated in January, 197 ...

subsidiary of

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. The present day Bararee Colliery is formed by amalgamation of the erstwhile two independent units of East India Coal Company, then called Bhulan Section & Bararee Section.

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in these units was started back in 1905 by East India Coal Company. Since then, a number of seams from top most XVI A to VII B seams have been worked through number of outlets. Presently there is only one pit i.e. 6 pit is in operation. It covers a surface area of about 2.64 km². The average production is about 360 tonnes per day.

Location

Bararee Colliery which includes Bararee and Bhulan section is located in south-eastern part of the Jharia Coalfields. It lies between latitude 94600 N – 97200 N and departure 92600 E – 95800 E. North

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23° 41′ 23″ and 23° 43′ 06″ and East

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86° 26′ 17″ and 86° 24′ 56″. Bararee Colliery has the following boundaries:
North – Jealgora Colliery and Bagdigi Colliery
South – Patherdih Metamorphosis
East –

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and Joyrampur Colliery
West –

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– Sindri Road and Tisco Colliery

References

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