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TranscriptThe Sangsad TV Live:Open pit mining is Possible in Phulbari Coal Reserve:State Minister for Energy, Power & Mineral resources has said, "open pit mining at Phulbari is possible" and that "open pit coal mining is only possible at Phulbari". He was responding to a series of questions at the national parliament yesterday. Referring local coal extraction posed by local Awami League MP Dinajpur-6 (Eastern side of Phulbari Project) Shibli Sadiq MP, the state minister stated in his response that, coal reserve in Dighipara mine can be extracted through Underground mining, but Open pit is possible only in Phulbari. This is a new direction shown by the state minister and is a matter of public record to the Bangladesh people as stated in the Parliament.Below is the full Transcript Q/A session in the National Parliament on Coal Resource Honorable Speaker: Honorable Member, Mr. Shibli Sadiq, please ask your supplementary question.Sibli Sadiq MP: Honorable speaker, thank you. While we are struggling to run many of our power plants due to fuel crisis, the Dighipara coal field that has been discovered in my constituency could have been a blessing for the country. I do not know, why there is no progress in developing this coal field despite having completion of feasibility study. We have seen comments from many countries on climate change issue and proposing ban on burning fossil fuel, but they have been burning coal for long, way back 200 years, and enjoying a higher living standard. But why we are unable to utilize this resource? My submission to honorable minister, please let us know why the development activities of this mine is not started?Nasrul Hamid, MP: Thanks, honorable MP for asking a good question. I 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. 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 la