Landslide kills a coal miner in Dukki Balochistan
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Coal mine incident claims another life in Dukki Balochistan

Hussain Zarkoon: 

An incident inside a coal mine in the Dukki district of Balochistan has claimed another life on Saturday. Levies sources said a trolley hit a miner inside the mine. The coal miner breathed his last on the spot.

The rescue worker reached the spot and retrieved the dead body from inside the mine. Levies personnel also reached the spot and shifted the dead body of the miner to district headquarters hospital Dukki.

The miner was identified as Hikmatullah

The victim was identified as Hikmatullah, a resident of the Dukki district of the province. Poor safety conditions have claimed thousands of precious human lives in Balochistan. Such untoward incidents have almost become the order of the day in Dukki, which houses rich coal reservoirs.

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