বিশেষ সংবাদ

বিশেষ সংবাদ

Bangladesh

Coal mining at Barapukuria halted

Sun News Desk : Coal extraction has been halted from Barapukuria mine in Dinajpur's Parvatipur upazila due to the depletion of an underground face (coal emission face).

Read more : MP Abdul Quddus passes away

The coal mining remain halted since 6:00 pm, Tuesday.

The plant chief engineer Abu Bakar Siddique said As a result, the production of electricity has been reduced at Barapukuria 525-megawatt Thermal Power Plant keeping only a unit in operation.

Read more : 14 killed in Congo church attack

The mine sources said the coal reserves of face no 1113 was exhausted after pulling out 3,75,000 metric tons of coal from it. From now, they will extract coal from another new face which has 2,16,000 metric tons of coal in reserves. The process of installing production tools at face no 1412 is ongoing, removing them from face no 1113.

Barapukuria Coal Mining Company managing director engineer Saiful Islam said it will take nearly two months to go into production.

Sun News/MR

Copyright © Sunnews24x7
Most
Readed
Recent

Ducsu, hall polls tomorrow: 471 candidates vying for 28 posts

The much-anticipated Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) and...

Former secretary Abu Alam arrested in terrorism case

Police detectives have arrested Abu Alam Shahid Khan, a former senior secreta...

16 killed as police open fire on Gen Z protest in Nepal

At least 16 protesters were killed Monday after Nepal police fired rubber bul...

Why the Liberation War was inevitable?

Muktijuddho Keno Anibarjo Chhilo(why liberation war was inevitable) is the Be...

BAU students demand apology from VC and no halls vacate

Students of Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) are protesting against th...

sunnews27x7 advertisement
Lifestyle
Entertainment
sunnews24x7 advertisement
Sports