A team of 15 officials of the Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) got trapped in Kolihan mine of Rajasthan’s Neem Ka Thana district when a lift collapsed on Tuesday night. Three people have been rescued while rescue operations are on to save the remaining 12 people.
The three rescued people have been identified as AK Sharma, Hans Ram, and Pritam Singh. The remaining 12 have been identified as Upendra Pandey, Banendu Bhandari, Niranjan Sahoo, GD Gupta, Ramesh Narayan Singh, Vinod Singh Shekhawat, AK Baira, Arnav Bhabdari, Yashraj Meena, Vikas Pareek, Karan Gehlot, and Bhagirath.
“A vigilance team from Kolkata had gone inside the mines for an inspection. The accident took place when they were coming up around 8pm by a lift and one of its chains snapped, causing a major collapse. All15 people got stuck at a depth of nearly 700m,” station house officer of local Khetri police station Bhanwar Lal said.
Police and an NDRF team rushed to the spot to carry out the rescue operation, which has been on for 12 hours now. “The three rescued officials have been sent to Jaipur for treatment,” the SHO said.
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