A day after the mine mishap two more bodies were recovered from the Uranium Corporation of India limited's (UCIl) Turamdih mines in Sundarnagar thus confirming the toll of casualties in the mines mishap to three.
Those killed in Saturaday's mishap were identified as Milan Karmakar (35), Sonaram Kisku (24) and Surya Kant Singh (42). Nine others were injured in the mishap and they had been taken to Tata Main Hospital, from where two of the injured were released after first-aid.
The remaining seven are recuperating at the hospital. Singh, a safety officer body was recovered from the mines at about 6.30 am today. Soon after Singh's body was recovered, director of mines safety, Chaibasa, Satish Kumar sealed the mines for necessary inspection.
While Kisku was a contract worker and was employed under M/s. A K Enterprises, Karmakar who was general foreman was the first victim to be declared dead at the Tata Main Hospital where he had been rushed in a critical condition from the mishap site at about 12.30 pm on Saturday.
Those injured include Upender Singh, Satyender Singh, Mangal Bhagat, Matku Ho, Sugru Hembrom, BM Rana, Jolar Ho, Samant Hembrom, and Krishna Kumar Kisku.
The tragedy took place at about 11 am on Saturday when a team of officials were inspecting a point of mining at about 255 meters below the ground level. While a section of contract worker were busy in removing the ores from by pressing a loader, the inspection team was busy at the mining point to ensure whether there was any leakage in the crust of the mines.
Gradually the crust on the left side began to get wet and slight leakage started to prop. Then the leakage intensified leading the inspection team to apprehend danger. Suddenly, there was a sound of blast and the next moment huge sludge started gushing out from one of the mining points, causing most of the officials as well as the contract workers to swept away.
Turamdih mines, located about 15 kilometres from city is one of the seven mines of UCIl. Others being Mahuldih, Bhatin, Narwah, Jadugora, Bagjata and Banduhurang.
Sanjiv Ranjan, manager (Personnel) Turamdih mines, UCIl confirmed that there was no one left at the mishap site.