Coal mine company Manager, contractor among 11 persons dead due to suffocation in Sanjdi mine field

Independent Report

QUETTA: At least 11 persons including a Manager of private coal mine company, contractor and nine mine workers died due to suffocation in a coal mine located in Sanjdi mine field near Quetta on Monday evening.
The Chief Mines Inspector Abdul Ghani confirmed the casualties occurred due to the suffocation after poisonous gas filled in the coal mine while they were busy in mining activity.
He said that the bodies of all dead persons have been retrieved from the affected coal mine.
The coal mine has also been sealed, he added.
The Chief Mines Inspector further informed that the bodies of the ill fated mine workers are being dispatched to their native areas. He said that the deceased mine workers belonged to Sawat area of Khyber Pakhtunkhaw.
Meanwhile, the spokesman, Government of Balochistan, Shahid Rind said that the preliminary report of the Mines and Mineral Development regarding the coal mine mishap has been received.
According to the report, the poisonous gas was spread in the coal mine which caused suffocation and death of 12 persons including a contractor and Mines Manager.
Shahid Rind said that the incident was occurred in coal mine of a private mines company.
The complete report of the incident would be presented in next 24 hours, he added.
However, the provincial government has ordered action against not adopting precautionary measures, the spokesman added.