Officials suspended over flood
By Zhang Xuanchen |
November 26, 2010, Friday
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A TOP official at a work-safety bureau and a town chief in Weiyuan County, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, were suspended yesterday after a flood at a local coal mine trapped 29 miners for more than one day, before they were brought to safety.
County authorities said Yu Liangcai, the head of the county's work-safety bureau and Hu Yuehui, chief of Xiaohe Township, were suspended for negligence in relation to the accident at Batian Coal Mine last Sunday.
A special team was set up to investigate the cause of the flood and whether the mining operation had violated safety rules, reported the China News °?Service yesterday.
Although a report by Xinhua news agency said the mine is legal and fully licensed, preliminary investigations exposed some weakness in the mine's safety measures.
A total of 35 workers were not equipped with GPS devices or communication equipment, which hindered attempts by rescuers to locate the trapped miners.
County authorities said Yu Liangcai, the head of the county's work-safety bureau and Hu Yuehui, chief of Xiaohe Township, were suspended for negligence in relation to the accident at Batian Coal Mine last Sunday.
A special team was set up to investigate the cause of the flood and whether the mining operation had violated safety rules, reported the China News °?Service yesterday.
Although a report by Xinhua news agency said the mine is legal and fully licensed, preliminary investigations exposed some weakness in the mine's safety measures.
A total of 35 workers were not equipped with GPS devices or communication equipment, which hindered attempts by rescuers to locate the trapped miners.
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