Workers trapped 50 metres underground in Bengal coal mine

Several workers were stuck about 50 metres underground at ECL's Kumardihi A mine in Paschim Bardhaman on Monday after a rope slipped off the pulley drum and halted the lifting cage. ECL CMD Satish Jha said there were no casualties and food and water had been supplied. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said rescue work was underway on a war footing.