Day 3: efforts continue to rescue trapped miners

Work to rescue two trapped miners from the flooded Khudia mine of Eastern Coalfield continued on a war footing for the third day on Thursday, but Basia Maji and Manik Bauri could not be reached

All senior officers of ECL Mugma Area, including GM Vibhash Chandra Singh, Additional GM Ajay Sharma, Area Safety Officer C.K. Nayak, Project Officer C.K. Nayak, and Project Officer of Khudia Colliery, were stationed at the site through the day to supervise rescue operations being carried out by eight teams, in addition to a team of divers from Cuttack.

A team from the Directorate General of Mines Safety, led by Director (central zone) Murlidhar Mishra, was also at the site to guide rescue teams and ECl officials.