At least 40 workers are feared trapped inside a collapsed coal mine in Jharkhand, police said on Friday. Rescue operations began in the morning, according to ANI news agency. A National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team is on its way and likely to reach there by noon.
A heap of mud caved-in at the entry point of Lalmatia mines of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) in Godda district, the police said.
At the time of the cave-in at the Rajmahal Open Cast Mines of Paharia Bhorya site, more than 40 vehicles were inside.
