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Features:-
It is brownish in color. It burns with little smoke when briquette.
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Location:- in
Nakhtrana, Mandvi, Lakhpat taluka.
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Use:- (1)Pocketed
deposits:explore for fuel consumtion,(2)Extensive deposits:for
Power producion
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Controlled
by:- Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC)
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The
Kutch Thermal Plant of 140 MW capacity at Pandhro is based
on Liginite.
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Found:-Lignite
deposits are found in the Western part of Kutch and strategically,it
would be advantageous from the security point of view to lokate
power production units so as to curb the anti-national activities
and increase the population by creating more employment opportunities.
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Production
(in thousands):-44.65MT.