Villagers in panic due to land subsidence, opposing coal mines

Korba. The land has sunk up to 5 feet in Pasan, the border area of the district. The villagers were also surprised as one acre of land sank up to 5 feet. About one km away from the Vijay West coal mine, the land has sunk in Godhiya Pando Basti, a dependent village of Bijadand village.

According to the information, the villagers were sleeping in Godhiya Pando Basti on Thursday night, then there was a loud sound in the night. The loud noise woke people up. When he came out of the house in panic, he saw that one acre of land had sunk down to 5 feet. This created panic in the village. There is talk of land subsidence due to coal mines, due to which the villagers of the village are in a lot of panic. There was also a crack in the ground. No one was harmed due to the incident happening at night, but if the same incident had happened during the day, definitely the cattle grazing in the forest could have been harmed.