(a): whether another incident of mine accident took place
in Chitudih mine under the BCCL a week after the mine
disaster that took place in Bagdigi;
(b): if so, the reasons therefor;
(c): whether none of the top BCCL officers turned up to
Chitudih Mine and there was no sign of rescue work for
several hours;
(d): if so, the reasons therefor; and
(e): the reaction of the Government thereto?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL (SHRI SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN)
(a): On 9-2-2001 at about 12.00 hours an accident
occurred in Katras Chitudih Colliery of BCCL, resulting
in death of 1 miner.
(b): Preliminary enquiry has indicated that the cause of
accident was inundation from a gallery of the same mine.
(c): General Manager and other senior officers of the
area including GM(Safety) and 2 Deputy Chief Mining
Engineers(Safety) from Koyla Bhawan and DGMS officials
rushed to the site immediately for making an on the spot
assessment of the situation and rescue and recovery work
started immediately.
(d) & (e): Does not arise in view of reply to (c) above.