Question

give reasons why heavy industries and thermal power stations are located on or near the coal industries?

Answer 1

they are located near coal industries or mines to reduce the cost of transport and labour to transport them since they require a huge amount of coal to generate energy they are located near coal mines to easily exploit the coal for themselves

Answer 2

1 - Coal is used for providing energy to
huge machines.
2 - It reduces the cost of transportation.
3 - Coal is used for heating various metallic minerals.for eg- in iron industries.
4 - It is used as raw material in industries.
5 - Industries can get coal at cheaper rate because it is available at nearby location.