The deputy director of mines safety K.C Naidu started an enquiry into mines sliding accident at CCl Govindpur under the Bokaro Thermal police station of the district .DDMS ,K.C. Naidu directed to identify and prosecute those responsible for this accident .The incident took place on June 7,2016 in which one person died and one other injured during illegal mining at the project site .
According to reports the Dy director of mines safety ,K.C. Naidu and Officer –in charge Rajesh Kujur also visited the accidental site to find out reasons that led to the roof collapse .Officer-in charge Rajesh Kujur who visited the accident site on Friday ,said that the incident occurred only due to negligence of the CCl ,management .While other police officials and villagers held local CCl management responsible for the past mishap .
Sources said that the recent incident has raised serious question marks on the crisis management scenario with the Govindpur project. Different opinions are being expressed on the reasons of the collapse of the abandoned Bermo sim mine of the CCl Govindpur project of the Kathara area .But all of them lay the blame on CCl,s door .
It has been learnt that the said mine had been declared abandoned by the CCl but due to the negligence on the part of the management no proper steps were taken to dislodged the abandoned mine .And as a consequence thousands of local youth of the Nawadih and Bokaro Thermal areas continued to engaged in illegal excavation and smuggling of coal in the area.
Deputy director of mines safety and top brass of the Bokaro administration
admitted that illegal excavation of coal had been going on the area despote the mine being abandoned .