ROURKELA: The 42-hour-long search following the coal bunker collapse at the Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd (DCBL) plant ended with recovery of the bodies of three trapped workers on Saturday.
The victims were identified as Ranjit Bhol (32), Dasarathi Patra (42) and Sushant Rout (55) and their bodies retrieved from the boiler area of DCBL’s captive power plant at Rajgangpur in Sundargarh.
DIG (Western Range) Brijesh Kumar Rai said the first body was recovered from the debris at around 5 am on Saturday. Between 10 and 11.30 am, the remaining two workers were found. The bodies were sent to Rourkela for autopsy and later handed over to the bereaved families for cremation.
