'Govt coal policy should not opt for export'
The government's coal policy should not opt for coal export and open-mining method, said leaders of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Electricity and Ports yesterday.
The leaders, at a press conference, said the proposed coal policy has recommended exporting coal if necessary and at the same time it has proposed extraction of coal according to the country's internal demand.
This statement is contradictory, says a press release. Keeping the possibility of export in the coal policy is unacceptable, they said.
Engineer Sheikh Muhammad Shahidullah read out the keynote speech at the press conference held at Mukti Bhaban at Paltan in the city.
He said the coal policy should ensure peoples' one hundred percent ownership of the national resources.
Coal export should be banned, as the resource is limited and not renewable, he said.
The leaders also demanded of the government to build an institution named 'Coal Bangla' to explore and extract coal like the Petrobangla.
Member Secretary of the committee Prof Anu Muhammad, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and columnist and researcher Syed Abul Maksud, among others, were present at the press conference.
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