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Barapukuria

Villagers lay siege to coal mine office for compensation

Our Correspondent, Dinajpur
Thousands of villagers in Parbatipur upazila laid siege to Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd for two hours yesterday seeking compensations for their properties taken away, or land subsided due to mining.
The protesters also asked for permanent resettlement of the villagers affected by miningactivities.
During the demonstration,
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they pelted police with brickbats and damaged a number of windowpanes of the company office. A pitched battle between police and protesters took place before BCMCL.
People of 11 villages including Partapara, Bashpukur, Patigram, Kalupara, Jhigagari, Moupukur, Kazipara, Kashidanga and Boigram gathered at Barapukuria High School at 11:00am.
They brought out a procession carrying banners, festoons and placards and marched towards BCMCL chanting slogans.
After the procession, the protesters held a rally in front of the entrance. They said around 2600 families and six rice mills of 11 villages have been under threat since 2006 due to the subsidence triggered by mining. Besides, 646 acres of land has already been damaged.
They also demanded Tk 60,000 per decimal of land affected by the mining.
Ibrahim Khalil, convener of BCMCL Jiban Rakkha Committee urged the BCMCL authorities to pay appropriate compensations to the villagers.
He also requested the authorities to sit with the villagers.
Sources said BCMCL distributed compensations of Tkl.41crore last month among the subsidence victims of the nine villages around the coalmine.
Mine officials said the villages affected by coal extraction are classified as zone of influence. These villages include Moupukur, Kalupara, Bolorampur, Barapukuria, Jhigagari, Baspukur. Barapukuria Bazar, Baddyanathpur, Patigram and Patrapara.
In 2005-06 the authorities distributed Tk 58,000 among villagers in Moupukur and Tk 52,000 in Kalupara and Bolorampur.
Managing Director of BCMCL Quamruzzaman said they are preparing all necessary documents for permanent resettlement but it will take some tijne.
They will decide on providing land compensations after the experts assess the value of land, he added.