No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction

Re:No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction by idlecool on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:00PM (#27796767)

My dad worked in coal India for around 3 decades, and I grew up in one of the townships. I have never heard of Mafia involvement. However, I have seen coal being stolen from moving trains that transport coal. They are mostly locals who probably sell it or use it themselves, but it doesn't account to much AFAIK.

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Re:No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction by manishsharan on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:28PM (#27796926)

I really find it hard to believe that you have never heard of Mafia involvement in Cola mines of Bihar even though your dad worked in Coal India. However just because you did not hear of it does not mean it doesn't exist.

There is a while section about this on Wikipedia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_Raj

And this : https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://...

Also this : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryadeo_Singh

There are also a bunch of Bollywood movies with Coal Mafia as a background. "Gunday", though not about coal Mafia, is pretty entertaining.

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Re:No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction by idlecool on Saturday July 10, 2021 @07:52PM (#27797321)

Thanks for the info. I have never been to Bihar or know about the situation there. My dad mostly worked in SECL and WCL (2 of the 8 fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India). They don't have any mining operations in Bihar or surrounding areas.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Eastern_Coalfields [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Coalfields

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Re:No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction by manquer on Saturday July 10, 2021 @08:14PM (#27797417)

It is more general corruption in Bihar than specific to coal mining itself perhaps

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Re:No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction by crucialfelix on Sunday July 11, 2021 @03:44AM (#27799112)

Gangs of Wasseypur is a great film. ( In two parts )

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