Behind the incredible escape from Bokaro mine: A gust of wind and a dream.

                               

Behind the incredible escape from Bokaro mine: A gust of wind and a dream.

Residents of mining outpost Tilt and village in Jharkhand's Bokaro said they still cannot believe how the four men survived and came out safely inside the open mine from 9 am on Friday to 3 am on Monday.

They cried together inside the abandoned coal mine, took short naps to ease the crisis, drank water filled with tiny particles, and thought about their families. During those 66 hours, Anadi Singh, one of the four who were trapped, said to himself: "Death is near."

Then, they felt the first sign of hope - a gust of wind out of nowhere.

“For two days, we stayed in one place as we could still hear the stones falling above. We started having stomach cramps due to hunger and lost all sense of timing. Then, we felt the wind coming from somewhere, which lifted our hopes… Afterward, I fell asleep and had a dream showing another exit. We knew about this route but weren't sure at first. The next day, we walked that way for a long time and we were out,” said Anadi.

On Wednesday, local officials and residents of Tilt and village, a mining post in Jharkhand's Bokaro, said they still cannot believe that Anadi Singh (45), Laxman Rajwar (42), Ravana Rajwar (46), and Bharat Singh (45) ) managed to survive inside the open cast mine from 9 a.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Monday - and emerged near a temple about 3 km from where they had entered.

“We all cried again and decided that we would not indulge in any such activity without worshiping Goddess Kali. He listened to our prayers this time,” said Anadi.

Four men came out of the mine hours before the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) prepared to launch rescue at the entrance.

“We had taken four torches…. After a day or two, their batteries ran out. We could barely see each other's faces. We got very scared. At some point, we thought about our children and wondered: Have we given them a good future? Being hungry and thirsty made the situation worse. We asked each other: 'Our hunger took us to this place, now will it kill us too?'" said Rajwar.

Apart from the NDRF, officials from the local administration, police personnel, and Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), which owns the mine and once operated it, were rushed to the spot by the residents of Tilt and late on Friday night after alerting the local police. was deployed.

Residents informed officials that the four had entered the mine illegally to obtain coal "for cooking at home". Officials said they suspect they may have planned to sell coal but are not considering taking any action against the four, who suffered minor injuries while on their way out.

Tilt and has a population of 1,500 and most of the families here depend on rainfed farming and daily wages to survive.

“Ever since the mines were shut in 2008, we used to go there to get fuel for cooking at our homes. We have no option but to work under NREGA and do odd jobs but money is never enough. Why do you think we risked our lives?" Anadi said that his family of six members gets only 5 kg of rice per person under the National Food Security Act.

“I too was once cheated by someone I trusted and almost Rs 30,000 of wages under PM Awas Yojana was never given to me,” he said.

Gautam Rajwar, a lawyer and one of the few local residents with a "stable profession", said: "There is no water for irrigation. If the government can help us by building a pond, many families can grow more crops. don't want to take jobs because the payments are never smooth. Many people travel 30 km or more to work in other coal mines for daily wages.”

Chandankyari block zonal officer Rama Ravidas said: “All government services are reaching the village. Recently, we organized a lot of camps in this area and enrolled many beneficiaries in many schemes.”

Sub-inspector Subodh Kumar, in charge of the Adilabad outpost, who logged the first distress call from the village, said: “We received information that a part of a coal mine, owned by BCCL and not operational since 2008. , has entered. It's very unsafe but some people go anyway. The administration and the BCCL team could not find a way to rescue them and the NDRF was called on Sunday evening.

NDRF team commander Vikram Rathor said, 'We could not do anything on Sunday and decided that we will start from Monday morning. But in the morning I got information that the four people who had gone inside have come out.”

Asked what level the four villagers were at, Rathore said: “Imagine that a 14-story building had collapsed. It was the same situation."

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