The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)’s coal miner Ravinder, who was trapped in the debris inside the mechanised underground coal mine in the Adriyala Longwall Project (ALP) in Peddapalli district, was rescued on Tuesday afternoon, nearly 28 hours after the roof collapse in the underground mine.
Three more persons, including two SCCL officials and an outsourced worker, were still trapped in the rubble inside the country’s largest mechanised mine after a portion of the mine’s roof caved in on Monday afternoon, even as the massive rescue operation by the rescue teams continued till reports last came in.
The trio stuck in the rubble at the mishap site at the 86 th level about 550 metres below the surface in the mine include — Area Safety Officer Jayaraj, Deputy Manager Chaitanya Teja and an outsourced worker T. Srikanth.
