Bengal: Major mishap averted at ECL underground mine near Durgapur

Durgapur, Oct 5 (UNI) A major mishap was averted at an underground coal mine of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), a PSU miner, barely 16 km from Durgapur Steel City on Monday morning. The mishap occurred at ECL's Siduli Colliery under its Kenda Area this morning after a sudden water inrush triggered a massive air blast. Kenda Area GM Dinesh Sharma said, "The priority was to save lives of workers, which has been achieved, and a technical inquiry is underway." The blast was so intense that the lift at the mine's No. 2 Pit was uprooted and gas started leaking from…