There has been tragic death of one coal workers in a coal mines on 17th July 2010, while working inside. Incident is unfortunate and pathetic. Divers from Kolkata Police were called by the district police but could not dare to go beyond 40m deep in the water. Official rescue teams from NDRF were also reluctant to do the job. Finally, SDO Durgapur requested private divers from Chakdah in Nadia to come. They were approached on 18th July morning and reached here by afternoon. Within 30 minutes these volunteers could trace out the dead body. Their experience and dedication is praiseworthy. This is third consecutive incident where these divers from Chakdah came to our rescue, when our own arrangements failed.
We need to train up some more such youths as part of our emergency preparedness. The youths can earn a handsome. ECL authorities paid them Rs 25000 for the job. But what I feel is that civil defence our Disaster Management volunteers can be equipped to tackle such emergencies. We can provide equipment support. SDOs may give a serious thought to it.
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Sir Names of 12 Divers of 5 Blocks of sadar Norh Sub-Division has been submitted to Disaster Management Section Last week already. We may start with these 12.
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