A worker died after falling from the high wall of an open mine, while working in the Swang-Govindpur project phase-II of CCL Kathara area under BokaroThermal police station on Wednesday.
After getting information about the incident, workers working nearby locations reached the spot and from there he was taken to Govindpur Zero Point.
Police sources said that Sona Ram Manjhi, 50, a CCL employee, was working as a fitter at Swang colliery. On Wednesday morning, he had reached Govindpur Phase-II for first shift duty. While working, he fell about 150 feet below the high wall of the open mine, due to which he died on the spot. As soon as the information about the accident was received, a large number of laborers gathered there and immediately demanded to give jobs to the dependent as per the rules.
The deceased CCL employee Sona Ram Manjhi, 50, has two sons and a daughter. After the accident, wife Dulari Devi. The deceased is a resident of Goniato Parsabeda village under Nawadih block of the district.
Soon after the incident, Union leaders Pradeep Biswas, Naveen Vishwakarma, Anjani Tripathi, Vikas Singh, Shankar Paswan, Uttam Prasad, Gautam Dusad, Vijayanand Prasad, Peedi Varman and other leaders reached the spot and after talking to the project officer demanded a job for the dependent of the deceased.
Project officer Parshuram Nayak handed over the provisional appointment letter to Vikas Kumar Manjhi, son of the deceased as per rules. On the occasion, Bokaro thermal station in-charge Ravindra Kumar Singh was present with the team. After the agreement, the body was sent for post-mortem.