One killed, three feared dead in landslide at coal mine in Angul

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Angul (Odisha): A landslide at an open cast mine of Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd (MCL) in Bharatpur area killed a worker was killed on Tuesday night. Reportedly three others are feared dead during the incident.

Following the incident, nine injured workers were shifted to hospital. A rescue operation was launched by the MCl's security staff, police and fire services personnel.

Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd (MCL) spokesperson Dikken Mehra said, "The landslide occurred due to a strata failure last night. A total of 13 people were working in that patch, out of whom 9 were rescued and shifted to hospital, The body of a worker was found and three workers are feared dead."

He said, "A search operation is underway."

With inputs from ANI

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