Bhubaneswar: Seven person died on Saturday as the dumping yard of Mahanadi Coalfield Limited (MCL) mines in Sundergarh district in Odisha caved in.
Three person have been injured in the incident. Rescue operation is still going on.
The incident took place when some people from nearby villages were collecting coal from the overburden dump at Kulda opencast mine in Basundhara-Garjanbahal area, an MCL spokesman said.
Some of them came under a heap as a portion of the coal dump suddenly collapsed, he said adding a rescue operation was immediately launched at the site.
Rescue operation was in progress by a team of MCL along with government agencies and personnel from the district administration and police, MCL sources said adding senior officials are monitoring the operation.
(With Additional Information From PTI)
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