Fire and subsidence in the Jharia coalfield are a legacy of its century old history.

The danger of subsidence is enhanced by small workings and multi-section developments at shallow depths.

The Kusunda Area is located 4 km away from Dhanbad Junction railway station.

East Bassuriya colliery, with an open cast mine, has a normative production capacity of 1.500 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 1.950 million tonnes per year.

Bassuriya colliery, with an underground mine, has a normative production capacity of 0.120 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.156 million tonnes per year.

Gondudih Khas Kusunda colliery, with an open cast mine, has a normative production capacity of 2.000 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 2.600 million tonnes per year.

Kusunda colliery, with an open cast mine, has a normative production capacity of 2.000 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 2.600 million tonnes per year.