Dhanbad area chokes on smoke from BCCL mine fire Rain aggravates situation for 200 residents who threaten dharna if permanent measures aren t taken
Huge amount of smoke and gas after rainfall on Sunday morning started rising out of the crater of an underground fire of COCP Colliery of BCCL’s Bhowra area, affecting around 200 families of the Idgah locality.
A temporary barricade has been put up around the area after local residents informed the BCCL management.
“We woke up this morning inhaling and choking on gas and went to the adjoining bushy area to find huge amount of gas and smoke emanating out of a crater that had developed last year,” said Khushid Alam, central secretary of Bihar Janta Khan Mazdoor Sangh, affiliated to Hind Mazdoor Sabha.