Two women were buried alive when a heap of rejected Slurry Coal caved in at BCCl’s Sudamdih Coal Washery under Sudamdih Police station at Dhanbad on Saturday evening.
According to eyewitness, over 30 women were collecting coal from the rejected slurry, suddenly it was caved in and two of them were trapped and buried alive.
The buried bodies were pulled out with the help of locals from debris. Feared by the police, the others along with the relatives of the deceased fled away with two pulled out bodies’ form the spot, said another eyewitness on anonymity.
“The deceased were identified as Pholan Devi (35) and lajo Devi (32),” he added
Meanwhile, BCCl officials and Sudamdih police station in-charge RN Yaday denied the incident. “No deaths were reported at the slurry point,” said Yadav.
Despite the tall claims of district administration, BCCl and CCl official’s illegal mining continuously raging and on unabated. Within last few months this menace claimed several lives in coal belt area of Jharkhand and its outskirts while more than 1250 people have lost their lives in illegal coal mining in the state over the past decade, sources said.