In a tragic incident six persons are feared dead when the roof of a coal mine caved in after they entered inside it in Jharia locality of Dhanbad district on Friday morning. The incident occurred in a running mine at BCCL’s Area 9, the outsourcing project of Rajpur Deco at Jharia.
Rescue work is on to bring out the bodies and search for survivors. , villagers at the desolate mining site told the pioneer as the mine is an illegal one.
“Police with the rescue team rushed to the spot and three bodies were pulled out while rescue operation is still on,” said DSP PK Keshri.
The deceased persons have been identified as Nageshwar Mahto, Manoj Kumar and Chanda Kumari -- all belonging to Tiloripathara village of Jharia. All bodies have been sent for postmodern at PMCH, Dhanbad, said Randhir Kumar Officer on Charge of Jharia police station. An inquiry has been ordered to investigate the accident. Though it’s a running mine, we are also investigating that how illegal mining was going on in a running mine, said a BCCL official.Notably, illegal coal mining is widespread in Jharkhand, with around 7,20,000 tonnes of coal being smuggled every year and causing a massive revenue loss. Despite the tall claims of district administration illegal mining continuously raging and on unabated.