Jaswant Singh Gill standing by side of iron capsule at CMPDI museum, Ranchi. Source: Supplied
Twenty-nine-years ago, for the first time in the history of mining in India, 64 miners trapped belowground were rescued through a large diameter borehole drilled from the surface. Jaswant Singh Gill who was posted at that time as the Additional Chief Mining Engineer at the Raniganj area of West Bengal volunteered to bring the miners back up.
Twenty-nine-years ago, for the first time in the history of mining in India, 64 miners trapped belowground were rescued through a large diameter borehole drilled from the surface. Jaswant Singh Gill who was posted at that time as the Additional Chief Mining Engineer at the Raniganj area of West Bengal volunteered to bring the miners back up.
