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Karanpura Coalfields Railways
Karanpura Coalfields Railways
Background
In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the Damodar as follows: "Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that of Bokaro, covering 220 sq.miles(570sq.km}, with an estimated content of 1,500 million tons; close by… is the Ramgarh Field, 40 sq.miles, in which, however, coal is believed to be of inferior quality. A still larger field in the same district is that called Karanpura, which extends over 544 sq.miles(1410sq.km} "and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons."[1] [2] .
The Coalfields
- ‘North Karanpura Coalfield’ is located in Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh and Chatra districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The coalfield spreads over to Palamu district. [3] .
- ‘South Karanpura Coalfield’ is located in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.[4] .
Railways
The ‘Bengal-Nagpur Railway’(BNR) accessed the Karanpura Coalfields with the opening in 1927 of the ‘ ‘Helsa-Chandil Railway’, also known as the ‘Barkakhana-Chandil Railway’ (see separate page)
See Also
See page Jharia Coalfield Railways
and page Bokaro Ramgarh Coalfields Railways
and page Bengal-Nagpur Railway - Lines Owned and Worked
References
- ↑ ‘Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim’ by L.S.S. O’Malley, p.87, Cambridge University Press, 1917 (paper back 2011) {{ISBN|978-1-107-60064-5
- ↑ Wikipedia ‘West Bokaro Coalfield’; Retrieved 11 May 2019
- ↑ Wikipedia ‘North Karanpura Coalfield; Retrieved 11 May 2019
- ↑ Wikipedia ‘South Karanpura Coalfield; Retrieved 11 May 2019