Rescue teams on Friday recovered bodies of two coal workers from the debris of landmass that broke loose after strata collapsed late Tuesday night at Bharatpur opencast mine in the Talcher Coalfields of the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL).
While body of a driver Pupun Biswal was recovered on Wednesday, bodies of Supervisor Rashmi Ranjan Behera and Pump Khalasi Raj Kishore were recovered by the NDRF and Safety and Rescue team, who are jointly conducting search operation with the help of sniffer dogs.
The rescue operations are underway for the fourth person reportedly missing in the mishap.