Stowing is a method in which the goal is completely packed with incombustible material like sand or fly ash etc. and is generally practiced where it is necessary to keep the surface and strata above the seam intact. Sand-stowing was practiced for the first time in the United States of America in the year 1892 with the object of protecting buildings on the surface and also the surface itself. In India the introduction of this process is comparatively new; it was first tried at Ballarpur in Madhya Pradesh in 1914 and subsequently introduced in the Jharia coalfield in 1919. Stowing as a measure against the protective measure -To protect surface structures (township, industrial plant, railways, roads, etc.) that can’t be shifted. It also protects against dangers arising due to subsidence, prevents fires, premature collapses, explosions, and flooding in coal mines.