RE: Tarique Rahman urges focus on public well-being21 Jan 2026 10:13
If only you'd bothered to actually do a little research...
'One of the Project's most significant impacts is the resettlement over a ten year period of approximately 40,000 people, including around 2,300 ethnic minority people. This estimate is based on a demographic and socioeconomic survey carried out as part of the Feasibility Study involving visits to over 25,000 households in and around the area of the proposed mine site. Around a third of the initial development costs will be spent on the community, resettlement and compensation before any mining actually starts. The resettlement programme will follow international best practice.
The resettlement programme will recognise the rights of all affected people and in particular the special needs of ethnic minority people both in the way we interact and negotiate with them and the way the plans are implemented. Wherever possible the impact on people will be avoided. Indeed, the original mine footprint was revised during the Feasibility Study to reduce the number of people who will be affected. Where resettlement does occur, GCM will ensure that no one will be worse off and that each person adversely affected will be fairly and fully compensated.'
'As a result of mine development, agricultural output over the life of the Project will actually increase, enhancing the food security for the local community.
Over the life of the Project the mine footprint will occupy 5,192 hectares. However, at any one time only a third of this area will be actively mined and the rest will still be under cultivation (or some other meaningful land use) either in advance of mining or following rehabilitation of the land after mining.
The farming community in Phulbari area currently faces a number of challenges including a lack of irrigation water, shortages of fertiliser and poor quality inputs. Drawing on lessons learned through the agricultural programmes developed during the Feasibility Study, and working with local partners, GCM has developed an Agriculture Improvement Plan. This will deliver an additional crop per year and higher yields per crop. Rice production alone will more than double as a result. Specific measures include provision of water for year round irrigation, training and improved farming practices, moves to higher yield and higher crop values and improved inputs including the provision of bio-fertiliser to reduce the dependence on pesticides and other chemicals.'
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