A fire has reportedly intensified in a closed underground coal mine in Jharkhand’s Karkata village situated around the north Karanpura area of the Central Coalfields Limited’s Karanpura Dewalkhand Hesalong (KDH) project.
It is feared that if effective measures are not taken immediately to control the fire, then three settlements in Karkata, Bishrampur and Khilan Dhoura areas located near the mine will directly impact nearly 2,000 people.
Several incidents of natural disasters have occurred in Karkata village in the past but due to an alleged fire in the coal mine it has further increased the risk of subsidence.
