South African Radio Station Investigates Bangladeshi Project
Panos Radio South Asia (PRSA), an undertaking of Panos South Asia, on October 15, 2007, podcasted a report on community resistance against Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh.
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In this latest edition Panoscope went to Phulbari, a small hamlet in north Bangladesh where, for the past several years, local residents have been resisting an open pit coal-mining project that threatens to displace thousands of people and destroy the environment. The controversy revolves around a clandestine deal between the erstwhile Bangladesh government and a British coal company called Asia Energy (now renamed Global Coal Management PLC). Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to provide US $ 100 million loan and US $ 200 million political risk insurance to Asia Energy. ADB is now conducting its due dilligence and scheduled to approve the funding the project in March 2008.
Download and listen to the report.
Download the complete transcript: phulbaripanoscope.doc
Visit Phulbari Resistance for more information on the community resistance against open pit coal mining in Phulbari.
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