Remote sensing of coal fires in India: A review ...
Coal mining in India was initiated in Raniganj coalfield at around 1774 (Stracher and Taylor, 2004).For better management, safety concerns, and to implement improved scientific mining practices, the coal industry of India was nationalized in multiple phases between 1971 and 1973 under Coal India Limited (CIL) and Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) (Pande et al., 2015).
