After long struggle of 29 hours, rescue teams recovered the body of Aroop Chattrjee Unit Manager BCCl which was brought out on Tuesday afternoon. The other three bodies were recovered after the mid-night were also brought out,officials said.
Besides four, other miners who were trapped inside the mines were rescued, said Ashok Sarkar director technical of BCCl. “The body of Hari lal was brought out last night while three bodies — littu Saw, Sitaram and Aroop Chattrjee was pulled out on Tuesday”, he added. Notably, in a mine mishap four miners were buried alive, three sustained multiple injuries while 175 were trapped in when the roof of an inclined mine at ‘Bshanti Mata Colliery’(belongs to BCCl), caved in in Nirsa of Dhanbad district on Monday morning.
About 131 miners managed to escape by 4.30 in the evening on Monday, while 40 others were rescued in the late night, official said. The roof of the mine was ‘not bolted’, resulted into accident which claim four lives, alleged Upender Singh president of Coal Mine Workers Union. “Declared dangerous, this mines was closed in the year 2009 but few months earlier it was again open for excavation and production”, Singh said.
Nirsa MlA Arup Chatterjee said officials are not following the safety norms. Mine’s roof were not bolted and the pillars of the incline are dilapidated, alleged the MlA. Denying the allegation DDGMS Dhanbad, A Kumar said: though we have more than 2,000 mines, right now I do not have any idea about the order which was issued in 2009. “Posing threat from fire this mine was closed in earlier this year (2013) but after getting the normal report, mine was reopened for excavation and production recently”, he added.
We are investigating into the matter to ascertain the reason of the accident, said Kumar. “Soon the DGMS team will submit their report”, he added.