On the occasion of the 70th Republic Day celebration at the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) here on Saturday, MCL Director Technical (Operation) JP Singh accorded a pay load operator Mohan Mandal with Bravery Award for saving life of his fellow worker on December 26, 2018.
On December 26, the mine workers at quarry-4 coal face shouted for help as one of the pay loaders accidentally had slid into the water sump. Hearing the crowd, Mandal rushed to the spot and he found that one pay loader was almost drowned into the freezing water.
Without giving it a second thought, he immediately jumped into the water to rescue the operator (Manoj Biswal) who was stuck in the cabin and struggling to find his way out, Mandal then reached out to Manoj and pulled him out of the water.
