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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