RAIPUR: A South Eastern Coalfield Limited (SECL) official drowned after being swept into a sump by a strong flow of water following three hours of downpour at the Kusmunda opencast #coal mines in the Korba district of #Chhattisgarh on Saturday evening.
Five officials working at the Kusmunda Mega coal project got trapped in the #water flow due to heavy rainfall in the region at around 4:30 pm on Saturday. Assistant Manager (Mining) Jitendra Vinayak Nagarkar slipped and was swept away into the sump by the strong current, while four others managed to escape safely.
A rescue operation was launched immediately with the help of the NDRF and SDRF teams. The body of the mining #coal #news #sdl engineer was recovered around 9 am on Sunday.