Evaluation of bump-proneness of underground coal mines ...
Chinakuri is the deepest underground coal mine in India, where mining is taking place at a nearly 700-m depth of cover and the present reserves are ranging up to 1200 m. However, the mining of the Dishergarh coal seam has always been a problem, mainly due to the occurrence of coal bumps (CMRI 1994 ; Petr et al. 2010 ; CMPDI 2015 ).