5 trapped in mine after mudslide

In the second such incident within a week, a mudslide at an illegal gemstone mine in Tonk district left five labourers trapped in a 50-feetdeep mine on Friday. three labourers working in a marble mine in Nagaur were killed in a mudslide. Rescue operations could not begin till late evening as the administration failed to find experts to run the two earthmovers at the accident site. A case of negligence and illegal mining will be registered against the mine owner, said the police. The mishap took place around 10.30 am near Devi Kheda village when two labourers were trying to fix a support for the mud collected outside the mine. Suddenly, the mudslide occurred and the victims were left trapped inside the mine, said Tonk ASP Bhanwar Singh Meena. ‘Chances of survival of miners slim’. The incident once again puts the spotlight on the practise of illegal mining in the state.