Mungeli: Three more bodies have been recovered from the site of a silo collapse in Chhattisgarh's Mungeli district taking the death toll to four, officials said on Saturday.
The silo collapsed on Thursday afternoon at the Kusum Plant located in Rambod village of Sargaon Gram Panchayat of Mungeli district. A rescue operation was soon launched to evacuate the trapped labourers beneath the debris. In the initial hours, one labourer identified as Manoj Kumar was retrieved from the site and taken to the hospital where he died during treatment.
An official said that after about 40 hours of the rescue operation, three more bodies have been recovered from the site which has taken the death toll to four in the mishap.
The three deceased workers have been identified as Awadhesh Kashyap, resident of Taga Janjgir Champa, Prakash Yadav of Akoli, Balodabazar and Jayant Sahu, a resident of Jadapara Sarkanda Bilaspur.
Dy CM Visits Spot
Chhattisgarh Deputy CM Arun Sao reached the spot late on Friday night to oversee the rescue operation. After talking to the district administration, SDRF, NDRF, Sao said that the silo was very heavy, which was a very difficult task to lift for the rescuers.
The Deputy CM further assured that the families of the deceased workers will get all possible support from the government and plant management. “The government is with the families of the deceased, they will be given all possible help,” he added.
FIR Against Kusum Plant Officials
Deputy CM Arun Sao also said that investigation is going on into the incident adding an FIR has been filed against the guilty officials of the plant. Whoever is found guilty, action will be taken against him, he said.
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