Hyderabad: A Coal Miner of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), who was caught under a coal mine rock, was found to be dead on Friday.
The rescue team managed to pull out the body of Rapolu Naveen, 26 from the Vakeelpalli coal mine shaft in the Peddapalli region.
Authorities said the following 12-hour of the rescue operation, the body was recovered from the mine under Ramagundam Region-II of SCCL.
The body was later moved to Godavarikhani Singareni area hospital for post-mortem. Wanting justice for the family members of the died, trade union chiefs arranged a protest.
They encouraged the SCCL to give Rs 1 crore in compensation and a job to the kin of the coal miner. They additionally looked for action against the authorities accountable for the accident.
Naveen, an overman, and three others were caught in the mine after a portion collapsed on them on Thursday. Three people were safely rescued in a brief timeframe. They sustained minor wounds.
One of them K. Satish said that the episode occurred while they were working within one of the underground passages, at Level-64. Satish was quoted saying: “I was filling coal in my trolley when a portion of the roof suddenly collapsed on us. I saw the roof falling on Naveen’s head. I was lucky to survive.”
Satish was hurried to the Godavarikhani area hospital for treatment.SCCL officials had dispatched special teams to save Naveen yet they couldn’t rescue him With how successful the coal mine business is in India, it is no surprise that many incidents similar to this have occurred in the past.
On 13th of December 2018, The Meghalaya mining accident occurred, when 15 miners were caught in a mine in Ksan, in the Indian territory of Meghalaya. While five miners figured out how to get away, rescue attempts for the rest 10 proceeded till 2 March 2019.
The miners were caught inside the coal mineshaft at a depth of around 370 feet, 112 meters, in the Jaintia Hills region. The passage the miners were in overflowed with water after they cut into an adjoining mine which was brimming with water from the close by Lytein river.
Service staff from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force started operations not long after the miners were caught inside. Following a request for help from the district administrations, groups from Coal India, Kirloskar Brothers, the Indian Air Force, and the Indian Navy joined the rescue to save the miners.
