Visit the Tirap and/or Tipong colliery in Assam !!!!!!!

pukkie · May 6th, 2009, 04:24

Does anybody know if it possible to visit one of the coal mines in the Digboi; Ledo; Margeritha area in the upper Assam. Where can we get any permission the visit one of the colliery ? Who know the adress or fax or E-mail adress from one of the general managers of this coal mines ? Who can help us ? Thanks.

steven_ber · May 6th, 2009, 04:51

I've got the email address of a Delhi based man who organises trips to Tipong Colliery, I'll see if I can find it then post it here.

I don't think you have to arrange a trip through him (though I think he organises very good trips, the people I spoke to were very happy with his services), I just emailed him and arranged to meet him at the colliery guest house (where the bus from Margeritha & Ledo terminates).

EDIT, found it (wow, it was 5 years ago)

ashok_sti [at] rediffmail [dot] com

(I have to put the email add that way to prevent spem)

piran_e · May 11th, 2009, 15:42

Well I realld had no idea that a colliery was also a tourist attraction. In any case Dibboi is a beautiful place with lots of colonial bungalows in the tea estates. If you go to Margeritha most definitely have lunch at the Singpho Village restaurant , the food is really fantabulous. Their bamboo shoot curry is to die for.

steven_ber · May 12th, 2009, 00:24

It's frustrating when someone asks such a specific question, almost certainly not expecting a reply, and then doesn't come back to see the reply.

Anyway, why go to a colliery?

There was a TV programme on (in the UK) about 10 days ago about poverty in Assamese mines, a real patronising reporter, and I didn't recognise any of what he said or showed, nothing even close to what I witnessed at Tipong Colliery.

I went to Tipong Colliery to take some photos of a house for an Indiamiker, I was going to Assam, and it was just a good reason to go somewhere away from the tourists, I hadn't seen any tourists for the 2 weeks before I got to the colliery, and then BANG, 5 of them, at the Colliery, and all train spotters.

Tipong colliery still has working steam engines to bring coal to the surface, so it attracts the flask & biscuit brigade, there's also a steam graveyard next to Tinsukia Jn station, and then the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway can be chartered for the day with a steam engine, so they had quite a trip planned.

steven_ber · May 12th, 2009, 00:32

Photo of steam engine 'David'.

http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...3443/ppuser/40

Photo of Colliery guest house.

http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...5518/ppuser/40

May 6th, 2009, 04:24	#1
pukkie Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7	Visit the Tirap and/or Tipong colliery in Assam !!!!!!! Does anybody know if it possible to visit one of the coal mines in the Digboi; Ledo; Margeritha area in the upper Assam. Where can we get any permission the visit one of the colliery ? Who know the adress or fax or E-mail adress from one of the general managers of this coal mines ? Who can help us ? Thanks.

May 6th, 2009, 04:51	#2
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: South of England. Posts: 11,573	I've got the email address of a Delhi based man who organises trips to Tipong Colliery, I'll see if I can find it then post it here. I don't think you have to arrange a trip through him (though I think he organises very good trips, the people I spoke to were very happy with his services), I just emailed him and arranged to meet him at the colliery guest house (where the bus from Margeritha & Ledo terminates). EDIT, found it (wow, it was 5 years ago) ashok_sti [at] rediffmail [dot] com (I have to put the email add that way to prevent spem) __________________ . How to get helpful replies to your transport/Itinerary questions. Train information. RAC & Waitlists explained.

May 11th, 2009, 15:42	#3
piran_e Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 213	Well I realld had no idea that a colliery was also a tourist attraction. In any case Dibboi is a beautiful place with lots of colonial bungalows in the tea estates. If you go to Margeritha most definitely have lunch at the Singpho Village restaurant , the food is really fantabulous. Their bamboo shoot curry is to die for. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------ Walking a Dream

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May 12th, 2009, 00:24	#4
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: South of England. Posts: 11,573	It's frustrating when someone asks such a specific question, almost certainly not expecting a reply, and then doesn't come back to see the reply. Anyway, why go to a colliery? There was a TV programme on (in the UK) about 10 days ago about poverty in Assamese mines, a real patronising reporter, and I didn't recognise any of what he said or showed, nothing even close to what I witnessed at Tipong Colliery. I went to Tipong Colliery to take some photos of a house for an Indiamiker, I was going to Assam, and it was just a good reason to go somewhere away from the tourists, I hadn't seen any tourists for the 2 weeks before I got to the colliery, and then BANG, 5 of them, at the Colliery, and all train spotters. Tipong colliery still has working steam engines to bring coal to the surface, so it attracts the flask & biscuit brigade, there's also a steam graveyard next to Tinsukia Jn station, and then the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway can be chartered for the day with a steam engine, so they had quite a trip planned.

May 12th, 2009, 00:32	#5
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: South of England. Posts: 11,573	Photo of steam engine 'David'. http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...3443/ppuser/40 Photo of Colliery guest house. http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...5518/ppuser/40