At least one coal miner was killed and five others were trapped due to landsliding in Marwar coal field area located in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Thursday.
Officials of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said that eight coal miners were busy digging coal around 800 feet deep in a coalmine during which a portion of the mine caved in.
The rescue teams of the Mines Directorate and PDMA rushed to the site after receiving information about the incident and initiated a rescue operation for the safe recovery of trapped coal miners.
“One body was recovered from the mine while two other miners were rescued alive and shifted to civil hospital Quetta,” officials of the Mines Directorate said, adding that the condition of the injured colliers is stable.
“Our rescue workers reached up to around 700 feet deep inside the mine,” an official said, adding that methane gas accumulated inside the mine was creating hurdles in reaching up to the trapped miners.
The coalminer, who died was identified as Muhammad Rahim who is a resident of Muslim Bagh area of Qila Saifullah district.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2021.
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