The 15 officials of Hindustan Copper Limited who had been trapped after a lift collapse at the Kolihan mine in Rajasthan’s Neem ka Thana district since Tuesday night were pulled out on Wednesday. Of the 15 rescued, one is feared dead, an official told PTI.
Neem ka Thana collector Sharad Mehra said the 14 rescued were sent to SMS hospital in Jaipur for treatment and one was shifted to a company hospital for examination as he is feared dead.
Fifteen employees of public sector undertaking Hindustan Copper Limited were trapped at the Kolihan mine on Tuesday night when a cage used to transport staff fell after a rope broke, police said.
A surveillance team, along with senior officials and workers from the state-owned company, had entered the mine to carry out an inspection. However, as they were about to climb in, the rope holding the cage broke, causing it to collapse and the staff to be trapped at a depth of several hundred feet, police said.
The trapped people were rescued in rounds. Three officials, Hansraj, AK Sharma and Preetam were rescued and taken out of the mine in the first round. Five more, GD Gupta, Vanendu Bhandari, AK Bohra, Niranjan Sahu and Bhagirath were eliminated in the second round, while Ramesh Narayan Singh and Karan Singh Bohra were eliminated in the third round.