COVID-19: Unsung mining heroes brave odds to produce coal, keep power plants running

NEW DELHI: Undeterred by the fear of death, 57-year-old Asif Khan has kept his nose to the grindstone to dig out coal so that the country’s power plants can keep running at a time when people have been forced to stay indoors due to the COVID-19 crisis.

With the country confronted with an unprecedented situation, Khan, who works in the Kamptee open cast mine of Coal India arm WCL, said it was time to serve the nation “the way a soldier fearlessly keeps his life at stake to guard his country against the enemies.”