Jharkhand's Dhanbad district administration on Thursday (December 4, 2025) ordered a probe into the “poisonous gas leak” from underground mines, which also prompted the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) to shift around 1,000 residents to safer locations, officials said.
A woman allegedly died, while 12 people fell sick after “carbon monoxide” leaked from such mines in different places of Kenduadih Basti on Wednesday (December 3), they said.
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The exact cause of the woman's death, however, is yet to be ascertained, and it could only be confirmed after receiving the postmortem report, the officials said.
Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner (DC) Aditya Ranjan ordered an investigation into the “poisonous gas leak” from underground mines and also directed the coal company to shift residents from the affected area to a safe place immediately.
