4 dead, many injured in mine roof cave-in in Dhanbad: JMM MLA
Ranchi/Dhanbad (Jharkhand) (PTI): A ruling JMM lawmaker told the Jharkhand House that at least four miners were killed and many others were severely wounded when the roof of an active BCCL mine in Dhanbad caved in during illegal mining on Thursday.
The incident took place in West Modidih Colliery which is operated by an outsourced company, about 20 km from Dhanbad town, he claimed.
BJP MLA Dhullu Mahto also raised the issue in the House.
BCCL officials and local police, however, denied the occurence of the incident.
An eye witness told reporters at the spot that the incident occurred around 5 am on Thursday when a section of residents from surrounding 'bastis' (miners' slums) were reportedly engaged in illegal mining. The mine roof caved in suddenly in which some of them were crushed under the debris.
Fearing police action, the villagers extricated those trapped and took them away for treatment, they said.
Thousands of coal filled sacks were found near the entrance of the illegal mining tunnel.
"At least four people died and many received injury during mining in an illegal mine in my area. I demand from the BCCL to provide compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the kin of the deceased and Rs five lakh to the injured person," JMM legislator Mathura Prasad Mahto said in the Assembly during question hour.
Officer in-charge of Tetulmari police station, Ashish Kumar Yadav when contacted denied the incident, as did the officials of the outsourced company.
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West Bengal board declares class 10 exam results, 86.83 pc students pass
Kolkata (PTI): The West Bengal board's class 10 results were declared on Friday, with 86.83 per cent of the total 9.71 lakh candidates passing the examination, an official said.
In last year's Madhyamik Pariksha, 86.56 per cent of the 9.84 lakh students were declared successful, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education president Ramanuj Ganguly said.
This year's examination was held from February 2 to February 12 at over 2,600 centres across the state, he said.
Abhirup Bhadra of Sarada Vidyamandir in Uttar Dinajpur district bagged the first rank, securing 698 of 700 marks. Priyotosh Mukhopadhyay of Sarojinidevi Saraswati Sishu Mandir in Birbhum was declared second with 696 marks. The third rank was shared by three students.
A total of 131 students secured the top 10 ranks, of whom 28 were girls.
Kalimpong recorded the highest percentage at 95.01, followed by Purba Medinipur at 94.02 and Kolkata at 92.31.
