BSS, Dhaka
Open pit mining at Fulbari Coal Field may be possible by any operator under the supervision of a high- powered regulatory body with standard safeguards in place. This is the view of German experts and shared by a section of local professionals looking for the optimum recovery of the deposit But the environmentalist groups are equally opposed to it here on the ground of bigger challenges to the land, underground water, fisheries and other ecological balances.
Many political groups and ordinary people are also skeptical on it on questions such as, at what cost and to what benefits the country should agree to open up its heart land to explorers. [Read more]