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Lalmatia coal mine mishap toll rises to 11

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Press Trust of India Godda (Jharkhand)
Last Updated : Dec 30 2016 | 10:48 PM IST
The death toll in the Lalmatia coal mine mishap rose to 11 today with a senior ECL official saying the dense fog in the area is affecting the rescue operations.
"The toll has increased to 11," officiating CMD of ECL R R Mishra said.
An unspecified number of miners are still feared trapped after a massive mound of earth came crashing down on them at Lalmatia open cast coal mine of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) last night, the worst such disaster in over a decade.

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First Published: Dec 30 2016 | 10:48 PM IST

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