Korba: A major accident took place in SECL’s Kusmunda mine as heavy rainfall continued for 3 hours in Korba district of Chhattisgarh. 4 officers were swept away due to a sudden strong current in the Godavari block of the mine. Out of these, 3 officers somehow saved their lives by swimming, but one was swept away in the water. He was being searched.
This morning, after 16 hours of hard work, the HDRF team recovered the body of Officer Jitendra Nagarkar. Kusmunda police station has sent the body for post-mortem and is engaged in further action.
According to the information, due to continuous rain, there was a waterlogging situation in the mine, to see which four officers went down. But during this time, 4 officers were swept away in the sudden strong flow of water, 3 somehow saved their lives by swimming and one was swept away in the strong current.
The search for the officer who was swept away in the water was going on continuously since Saturday evening. The body of the officer who was swept away in the water was recovered on Sunday morning.
In another incident of flooding, three aspirants of civil services died after they were trapped in the basement of Rao IAS Center flooding in New Delhi’s Old Rajendra Nagar on Saturday. According to police officials, the fire department received a call regarding waterlogging at Rao IAS Center basement at 7PM after which they launched a rescue operation. Atul Garg, fire officer said that five fire vehicles reached the spot as soon as they received the information.
The basement housed the library of the UPSC coaching centre where students would go for self-study. The Met department’s PUSA weather station, closest to Old Rajinder Nagar, had reported 31.5 mm of rain between 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm on Saturday. According to eyewitnesses, the basement filled with 10-12 feet of water in almost no time, giving students no chance to escape. A faculty member also said when the flooding first began, a call was made to 112, but traffic jams led to delays in rescuers reaching there.
Join our whatsapp group for Latest updates