Three Killed in Landslip in Odisha's Keonjhar: Police

Three killed in landslip in Odisha's Keonjhar: police

Illegal manganese mining in Odisha leads to landslip, killing three; bodies recovered and identified by police.

3 killed in Keonjhar landslide - OrissaPOST

Keonjhar: At least three persons were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain while extracting manganese illegally from a mine in Keonjhar district, police said Wednesday. The incident took place at a manganese mine near Bichakundi Dalpahar under Joda police limits when some people were illegally extracting minerals from the manganese mine Tuesday, they said. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Western Range, Brijesh Kumar Rai confir…

Odisha: 3 killed in landslide during ore theft at manganese mine in Keonjhar

Keonjhar: In a major mishap, at least three persons died in a landslide due to incessant rains at an illegal manganese mine in Joda in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Tuesday.  The incident occured in Bichakundi forest which comes under Joda police limits, late in the night. The deceased were identified as Kande Munda, Guru Champia and Sandeep Poorti. All three were residents of Bichakundi.  The trio had reportedly gone to the site to steal iron o…

Three killed as illegal Manganese mine collapses in Badbil

Badbil, Jul 2: Three people were reportedly killed after an illegal mine collapsed in Keonjhar’s Badbil on Monday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Sandeep Purti, Guru Champia, and Kande Munda, all residents of the Bijakundi region.The incident took place at Bijakundi area, near Dalpahad, when illegal Manganese was being extracted.Residents reached the spot, began pulling out people from the debris. After a six-hour rescue operation, the…