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Bara Pukuria Coal Mine expected to be ready by December 2001 |
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December 7, 2000
Dinajpur-- (UNB) – Bara Pukuria Coal Mine is expected to be ready for commercial extraction by December 2001. About 3,000 metric tons coal per day may be extracted from the mine initially. Works is in full swing on the project and so far 60 per cent of the work has been completed. Underground work is expected to be over by the end of this month. There is high quality graphite in Bara Pukuria Coal Mine, which is not available anywhere in Asia, experts said. After launching production, the mine project would help government reduce coal import and save crores of taka in foreign exchange. Sources said around 75 per cent of the coal would be used for thermal plants while rest 25 per cent in industries, brickfields, cooking and other necessary works. In 1994, the government of Bangladesh took initiative to lift coal from the mine and signed an agreement with a Chinese company. Petrobangla acquired 43 acres of land and accomplished preliminary works within three months. The Chinese company started underground work, which had to be suspended for two years following a short circuit causing water logging. The work resumed in March this year. |