State Minister for Power, Energy & Mineral resources Nasrul Hamid has said open pit coal mining is only possible at Phulbari Coal reserve.
He was responding to a series of questions on power & energy at the national parliament recently.
Referring local coal extraction posed by Member of Parliament (MP) of Constituency Dinajpur-6 Mr. Shibli Sadiq the state minister stated in his response that, coal reserve in Dighipara mine can be extracted through underground mining.
Earlier honorable Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury asked Mr. Sibli Sadiq for raising his supplementary question in question-and-answer session in the National Parliament.
Raising the question Mr. Sibli Sadiq MP said 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.
Asia Energy Corporation, an Australia British owned multinational company, has done detail feasibility study and environmental and social impact assessment on Phulbari under a contract.
The Study found the scientific solutions to environment, agriculture, water, bio diversity and rehabilitation issues and now waiting review and final node.
