All 15 Hindustan Copper Limited officials who had been trapped in a mine in Neem ka Thana district since last night were taken out today, with one of them is feared dead. Neem ka Thana Collector Sharad Mehra said 14 rescued were sent to SMS hospital in Jaipur for treatment and one was taken to a company hospital for examination as he is feared dead. Fifteen personnel of the public sector company got trapped in a mine last night when a cage used to carry the personnel fell down after a rope broke.
Rescue operations took place overnight with multiple ambulances and medical teams on site. The trapped personnel were stuck at a depth of 577 metres at the Kolihan mine.
