Dukki: A coal miner killed as landslide hits a mine
Hussain Zarkoon :
A coal miner killed in Balochistan’s Dukki district when a landslide struck a mine on Saturday morning. The miner was working deep inside the mine when a landslide struck, Levies sources said. The landslide killed a coal miner identified as Obaidullah a resident of Afghanistan.
A portion of the mine caved in as the victim was digging deep inside the mine. Miners from neighboring mines launched a rescue operation on their own and retrieved the dead body of their colleague, Levies mentioned.
Levies said the dead body shifted to district headquarters hospital Dukki. Levies said Obaid was a young man working inside the coal mines of Dukki extracting coal for the last few years.
Dukki has rich coal-reservoirs. However, hazardous working conditions inside coal mines continue to claim precious human lives. Such untoward incidents have almost become the order of the day in Dukki and other parts of Balochistan.
Dukki: A coal miner killed as landslide hits a mine