The JRDA Story: How Dhanbad Is Moving 15,080 Families Away from India’s Century-Old Underground Coal Fires
2015 batch IAS Aditya Ranjan is leading one of India’s biggest rehabilitation projects in Jharia, relocating over 15,000 families from dangerous underground fire zones while rebuilding trust, livelihoods, and safer communities. For more than 100 years, the ground beneath Jharia has been on fire. Since 1916, underground coal seams in Jharkhand’s famous coalfield have continued …




