PESHAWAR: A laborer was killed
and many others were trapped when a coal mine collapsed in northwest Pakistan
on Saturday. According to private news channel, the coalmine caved in due to
heavy rain in Lower Orakzai Agency in country’s tribal belt.
The Inter-Services
Public Relations (ISPR), media wing of the Pakistan army, said in a statement
that 27 people have been recovered alive. The ISPR said 100 workers of the army
and the Frontier Corps were busy in the rescue procedure.
The statement said
five to six more people are believed trapped inside the debris. It said the
rescue operation was being carried out with the help of heavy machinery.
Those retrieved by
rescue officials are said to have sustained minor injuries. National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA) and other departments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
province are also involved in rescue work besides the Pakistan Army and
paramilitary troops.
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