Coal extraction suspended in Barapukuria Coal Mine
30 July 2022, 09:15 pm | Updated: 24 November 2024, 10:25 pm
Coal extraction at Dinajpur Barapukuria Coal Mine has been suspended on Saturday after 90 workers tested positive for Covid-19.
Of these 90 workers, 50 are Chinese. Besides, 400 other workers of the mine, have been asked to remain in home isolation, officials said on Saturday, adding that production would resume after 10 days.
Engineer Saiful Islam Sarkar, a manager of the mine, said that coal lifting work from the 1306 phase started on July 26 on a trial basis and till Friday, "we were able to lift 5,000 metric tonnes of coal".
However, 40,000 metric tonnes of coal are in stock, which will be used to aid power generation, said Saiful, reports UNB.
Meanwhile, samples of local workers in the 1041 phase have been collected and those testing negative will be allowed to join work, he added.
