Ghogha -Surka Lignite Mining Project :
Ghogha-Surka Lignite Mine covers an area of 1355 hectares and cover land of villages : Thordi, Surka, Rampar, Alarap of Bhavnagar Taluka and villages Badi, Hoidad , Padva and Malekvadar of Ghogha Taluka. The area lies between Latitudes: 210 26' 00 to 210 38' 45" N and Longitudes 720 11' 55" to 720 15' 00"E. This block is about 26 km away from Bhavnagar District Head quarter and 10 km from Ghogha Taluka. The site can be approached from Bhavnagar Transa and Bhavnagar- Koliyak Road.
Ghogha-Surka Lignite Mine is designed for production capacity @ 2.25 Million Tonne per Annum and is catering the fuel requirement of 500MW Bhavnagar Lignite Thermal Power Project.
The Ghogha-Surka Lignite Mine has received various mine safety awards and having NIL injury frequency rate.
Details:
| Mining Lease Area | 1355 Hectaresr |
| Approved Mine Capacity | 2.25MTPA |
| Extractable Reserve of Lignite (MTe) | 54.68 Million Tonnes |
| Average Stripping Ratio | 1: 9.32 |
| Commencement of Mining Operations | 09.04.2018 |
Environment Clearance
| Sr.No | Details | Download |
| 1 | Ghogha-Surka, Khadsaliya-I and Khadsaliya-II lignite mines in Bhavnagar | Download  |
Environment Compliance of EC
| Sr.No | Details | Download |
| 1 | Six monthly Compliance Report for the period from Jan 2022 upto Jun 2022 | Download |
| 2 | Six monthly Compliance Report for the period from July 2021 upto December 2021 | Download |
| 3 | Six monthly Compliance Report for the period from January 2021 to June 2021 | Download |
| 4 | Six monthly Compliance Report for the period from July 2020 upto December 2020 | Download |
| 5 | Six monthly Compliance Report for the period from January 2020 upto June 2020 | Download |
| 6 | Six monthlyCompliance Report for the period from July 2019 upto December 2019 | Download |
| 7 | Six monthly Compliance Report for the period from January 2019 upto June 2019 | Download |
| 8 | Six monthly Compliance Report for the period from July 2018 upto December 2018 | Download |
| 9 | Six monthly Compliance Report for the period from January 2018 upto June 2018 | Download |
| 10 | Ghogha Surka Lignite Mine (2.25MTPA in 1355 hectares) and Khadsaliya-I (1MTPA in 711.4247 hectares) and Khadsaliya-II Lignite Mine (0.75 MTPA in 914.1492 hectares) of M/s/ GPCL | Download |
Environmental Statement (FORM-V) of EC
| Sr.No | Details | Download |
| 1 | FORM-V - Environmental Statement of Ghogha-Surkha Lignite Mine - FY 2020-21 | Download |
| 2 | FORM-V - Environmental Statement of Ghogha-Surkha Lignite Mine - FY 2019-20 | Download |
| 3 | FORM-V - Environmental Statement of Ghogha-Surkha Lignite Mine - FY 2018-19 | Download |
Khadsaliya- I Lignite Mining Lease :
Khadsaliya-I Lignite Mine covers an area of hectares and covers land of villages Khadsaliya, Lakhanka and Thalsar of Bhavnagar Taluka and Morchand of Ghogha Taluka. It lie between Latitudes: 210 31' 25" to 210 33' 15" N and Longitudes 720 13' 30" to 720 14' 55" E.. This block is about 26 km away from Bhavnagar District Head quarter and 10 km from Ghogha Taluka. The site can be approached from Bhavnagar Somnath or Bhavnagar- Koliyak Road
Khadsaliya-I Lignite Mine is designed for production capacity @ 1.00 Million Tonne per Annum and will be catering the fuel requirement of 500MW Bhavnagar Lignite Thermal Power Project.
The mining activity is not started
Details:
| Mining Lease Area | 711.4247 Hectares |
| Approved Mine Capacity | 1.00 MTPA |
| Mineable Reserve of Lignite (MTe) | 21.60 |
| Average Stripping Ratio | 1: 8.81 |
| Commencement of Mining Operations | Not Started |
Environment Clearance
| Sr.No | Details | Download |
| 1 | Ghogha-Surka, Khadsaliya-I and Khadsaliya-II lignite mines in Bhavnagar | Download |
Khadsaliya- II Lignite Mining Lease :
Khadsaliya-II Lignite Mine covers an area of 914.1492 hectares and covers land of villages Alapar, Bhadbhadiya, Hatav, Khadsaliya of Bhavnagar Taluka. It lie between Latitudes: 210 26' 00 to 210 38' 45" N and Longitudes 720 11' 55" to 720 15' 00"E. This block is about 29 km away from Bhavnagar District Head quarter and 12 km from Ghogha Taluka. The site can be approached from Bhavnagar -Transa or Bhavnagar- Koliyak Road.
Khadsaliya Lignite Mine is designed for production capacity @ 0.75 Million Tonne per Annum and will be catering the fuel requirement of 500MW Bhavnagar Lignite Thermal Power Project.
The Mining activity has not started.
Details:
| Mining Lease Area | 914.1492 Hectares |
| Approved Mine Capacity | 0.75 MTPA |
| Extractable Reserve of Lignite (MTe) | 14.29 Million Tonne |
| Average Stripping Ratio | 1: 23.26 |
| Commencement of Mining Operations | Not Started |
Environment Clearance
| Sr.No | Details | Download |
| 1 | Ghogha-Surka, Khadsaliya-I and Khadsaliya-II lignite mines in Bhavnagar | Download |