RE: Phulbari Coal GCM8 Jun 2023 11:23
Also as you can see the language has softened significantly…
Extract: In his tresponse, State Minister for Energy, Power & Mineral resources has said, want to make response giving some information on this. There are 5 discovered coal fields in Bangladesh: Barapukuria, Phulbari, Dighipara, Khalaspir and Jamalganj. We can extract coal from Phulbari by open pit mining method. About 90% coal can be extracted removing overburden materials. Currently we are mining coal from Barapukuria at a daily rate of 1500-2000 tonnes through underground method. Many people ask me about coal mining, so I want to give this information. Honorable Speaker, I want to let all honorable MPs know through you that Dighipara is close to Barapukuria mine. We have already completed the feasibility study and found that, underground mining is feasible there. The coal to be mined from 300 meters below the surface and only 15-20% can be extracted. What I have said, open pit mining is only feasible in Phulbari. Other deposits are to be extracted by underground method. Jamalganj has huge reserve but coal cannot be extracted by underground method even. Because the coal situated in much deeper depth.
Nasrul said, we tried, how easy way can extract coal, but coal mining in Barapukuria has created a big lake. Underground mining leads to subsidence on the ground and thus damages agricultural land. Honorable PM Sheikh Hasina has said to us, if there is any mining technology comes in future, which will not damage lands of the farmers, then coal can be extracted taking environment into consideration. Our farmers’ land, crops, future food security is the first priority. If there is any alternative, any advanced system and management of that, then coal can be extracted. This is the reason why we are not extracting coal from this mine (Dighipara). We are now slowly extracting coal from the existing Barapukuria mine. Farmers have been growing crops for hundreds of years on their lands, and would continue doing this for the next 30/40 or 50 or 100 years. As food security is our first priority, if we can make a better arrangement for farmers and their land in future, then will extract coal from our coal mines.
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