DURGAPUR, 25 NOV: Mining operations have been suspended in a coalmine in Raniganj Coalfields under the Eastern Coalfields Limited following continued leakage of water from an abandoned open cast project (OCP) nearby. The panicked miners refused to enter the mine fearing sudden inundation.
Around 29 people have died in mining operations of Coal India Limited (CIL) in the last six months, exposing how the workers' lives are at risk while working for the PSU.
Five persons were killed and six injured in a premature explosion triggered by a lightning flash in a stone quarry at Mathur village near Salavakkam, some 15 km from Chengalpattu, on Thursday.
A flash of lightning triggered explosion, which was planned to occur two hours later
The underground fire in Kujju along the Ranchi-Patna highway (NH-33) has been tamed, well almost, claims Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), but it is still unclear whether the stretch is safe for traffic.
Smoke billows out of cracks in Bokapahari in this file picture of Jharia
Dhanbad, Sept. 24: Concerned over the underground fire that is threatening to singe the Jharia township, social organisations here are mulling an agitation if steps to control the blaze are not taken without delay.
A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's central Henan province early on Tuesday killed 35 people and 44 others were missing, the government's work safety watchdog said.
Another 14 workers had escaped the mine, which was a small, locally operated venture, at the time of the accident, the State Administration of Work Safety said in a statement on its website (www.chinasafety.gov.cn).
CCL employees insert a water pipe into the ground at Lohagate on NH-33 on Monday. Picture by Prashant Mitra
Ranchi, Aug. 10: Land acquisition is delaying the much-awaited four-laning project of NH-33 between Ranchi and Hazaribagh, including a 4km bypass near Kujju, where a portion of the highway caved in yesterday because of a raging underground mine fire.
