Durgapur, Oct. 28 -- Twelve miners suspended mid-shaft and 30 others trapped in an underground gallery were rescued after a steam winder failure paralysed operations at Eastern Coalfields Limited's (ECL) Kumardihi 'A' colliery, bringing an overnight rescue operation lasting nearly 12 hours to an end early on Tuesday.
The incident has once again raised questions about the reliability of ageing infrastructure at ECL mines.
A five-member inquiry committee had been constituted to investigate the failure and submit a detailed report on the technical glitches, RKP Singh, general manager of ECL's Bankola area. said on Wednesday.
Krishna Roy, an INTUC leader in the mining sector, claimed that rope entanglements, brake failures and cages getting ...