(a) whether the Union Government have made any survey and assessment about the
coai/lignite deposits in different areas of Gujarat during the last three years; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Union Government have made any survey and assessment about the
coai/lignite deposits in different areas of Gujarat during the last three years; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL) :
(a) and (b) No coal resources occur in Gujarat State upto mineable depths. Hence no
exploration for coal has been taken up in Gujarat State in the last three years.
During the last three years. MECL has conducied regional exploration for lignite in
Tadkeshwar and Dungar in Surat Distt. in Gujarat. The GS1 has carried out exploration for
lignite in (i) East of Kamrej to Vesma, Surat district (ii) North of Rajpardi to Dakar,
Bharuch, Vadodara and Khera districts (iii) Valia, Bharuch district and (iv) Savfi-Sankarda,
Vadodara and Khera districts in Gujarat during the last three years. In 2002-03, no
promotional work was done, as the Deptt. of Mines and Geology, Govt. of Gujarat decided
to take all such works departmentally under the State level schemes and exploration programme.