All 14 workers trapped underground at a Bengal coal mine have been rescued, with no casualties, Eastern Coalfields Chairman and Managing Director Satish Jha said on October 27, 2026.

Bengal coal mine pulley malfunction

The workers became stranded on October 26 in two lifting cages about 50 metres underground at the Kumardihi A mine in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district.

A rope slipped out of a pulley drum, disrupting the mechanism used to transport miners. The underground mine is operated by Eastern Coalfields, a subsidiary of state-run Coal India.

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