TARA COAL BLOCK SUMMARY

PART A
Sr.
Features
No.
1.
Location
Coal Block
Latitude
Longitude
Topo Sheet No.
Coalfield
Villages
Tehsil/ Taluka
District
State
2.
Connectivity with Block
Nearest Rail Head
Road
Airport
3.
Area
Geological Block Area
Mining Lease Area (As per
Mining Plan)
Project Area
Forest Area
Non-Forest Area
4.
Climate and Topography
Average Annual Rainfall
Temperature (Min. Max.)
Local Surface Drainage
Channels
Rivers
5.
Exploration
Status
Exploration Agency
Total Number of Boreholes
with meterage
Borehole Density
General Dip of Seams
General Strike Direction
6.

Details
Tara
22o4918 N & 22o5219 N
82o4210 E & 82o4533 E
64 J/9 & 64 J/13
Hasdeo- Arand Coalfield

Surguja
Chhattisgarh
Surajpur Road Railway Station(40km away from block)
NH-111 passing across the Tara Coal Project.

2400Ha
1801.31Ha
1801.31Ha
1324.38Ha
476.93Ha
1500mm
6 degree to 46degree

Explored
MECL, GSI
192 Boreholes, 23,154.10 meters

8
0 degree to 5.4 degree
Swinging strike, North to West in Southern-eastern corner and and
East West in North central part.
Coal Seams & Reserve (As Considered in Mining Plan)
Number of Coal Seams
Thickness Depth
Geological Extractable Grade Mining
Range
Range
Reserve
Reserve
Method
(UG/OC)
0.47-2.45
Seam V
15.55
F-G
O/C
Seam IV
Seam L_1(Local Seam)

0.51-4.23

28.77
3.81

F-G

O/C

Number of Coal Seams

Thickness Depth
Range
Range

Geological Extractable
Reserve
Reserve

Seam IIIT

2.47-7.40

80.60

Seam IIIB
Total Coal (Mt)
Total Overburden (Mcum)
Stripping Ratio (cum/t)

0.73-3.70

38.19
166.92
1116.19
6.69

Grade Mining
Method
(UG/OC)
E
O/C
D-E

O/C

PART B
Sr. No.
1.

2.
3.

4.

Features
Previous Allocation
Name and Address of Allocatee
Mine Capacity as per Mining
Plan
Status of Clearances/Approvals
Mining Plan/ Mine Closure Plan
Forest Clearance
Environmental Clearance
Mining Lease
Land Acquisition
No. of PAFs as per Mining Plan/
Mine Closure Plan
Surface Infrastructure already
built, if any.

Details
Chhatisgarh Mineral Development
Corporation(CMDC)
6.0MTY

Approved
Approved
Approved
1801.31Ha
1704.24Ha
397

Note: The above data is compiled from Geological Report, Mining Plan, Mine Closure Plan,
Environmental Clearance and Forest Clearance and the data furnished by the prior allottee
in Annexure-I/II