| Bastacolla Area | |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India |
| Pushpin Label: | Bastacolla Area |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand |
| Coordinates: | 23.7621°N 86.4119°W |
| Subdivision Type: | State |
| State/Province: | Jharkhand |
| Country: | India |
| Owner: | Bharat Coking Coal Limited |
| Official Website: | http://www.bcclweb.in/ |
| Acquisition Year: | 1971-72 |
| Products: | Coking coal |
Bastacolla Area is one of the 12 operational areas of BCCL located in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand, India.
The Bastacolla Area was formed with 33 mines of the pre-nationalised era. The primitive culture then prevailing contributed to low productivity of mines. After nationalisation efforts have been made to streamline systems and improve operational systems.[1]
The Bastacolla Area is located around 23.7621°N 86.4119°W.
The map alongside shows some of the collieries in the Area. However, as the collieries do not have individual pages, there are no links in the full screen map. In the map placed further down, all places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
The Bastacolla Area is situated in the eastern portion of Jharia coalfield. It is about 8 km east of Dhanbad Junction railway station.[2]
An overview of the proposed mining activity plan in Cluster VIII (data shown here is as per amendment sought), a group of 6 mines in the Bastacolla Area, as of 2013, is as follows:[3]
1. Bastacolla colliery with both an underground mine and an open cast mine. The underground was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.429 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 18 years. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.13 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 3 years.
2. Bera colliery with both an underground mine and an open cast mine. The underground was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.247 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 13 years. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.195 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 3 years.
3. Dobari colliery with a proposed open cast mine. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 3.86 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 6 years.
4. Ghanoodih colliery with an open cast mine. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 1.820 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 5 years.
5. Kuya colliery with a proposed open cast mine. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 2.60 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 15 years.
6. Kujama colliery with an open cast mine. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.780 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 5 years.
Kujama colliery is affected by mining fire and is closed since 1995. Ghanoodih colliery is affected by surface fire in the south-east portion of the quarry.[1]
BCCL has a Regional Hospital, with 50 beds at Tisra.[4]