United News of Bangladesh

Coal extraction at Barapukuria Coal Mine has resumed from the newly developed phase 1305 in Dinajpur, ten days prior to the scheduled time. Khan Mohammad Zafar Sadik, General Manager of the coal mine, said the operation of lifting coal began around 12 am on Saturday. Earlier, the authorities halted the coal extraction from  phase 1414 following the lack of reserve coal on November 30, 2024. 12 workers trapped after coal mine collapses in Pakistan Following the installation of machinery in the new phase, coal extraction started ten days before the stipulated time of opening. In the first week of the operations from the new phase, the authorities concerned plan to lift 1500 to 2000 tonnes of coal per day which will later increase to 3000 to 3500 tonnes per day. They also set a target to extract 3.95 lakh metric tonnes of coal by June. 9 miners trapped in coal mine in Assam The extracted coal will be supplied to the nearby thermal power plant for electricity generation. Earlier, until December, approximately, 4.81 lakh metric tonnes of coal were extracted from phase 1414, exceeding its target of 3.95 lakh metric tons.  

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that all studies till now show that local coal extraction for power generation is neither feasible nor cost-effective.