Sheikh’s Warning
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah asked people to remain constantly vigilant as India was passing through critical times. He said there was turmoil on the eastern front and the region had become a hotbed of foreign intrigue and vested interests wanting to destroy the peace in the subcontinent. On the western front were countries not “necessarily” friendly, the Sheikh said, addressing a meeting of Kashmiris at Kashmir Bhavan in New Delhi.
Hope In Chasnala
Union Steel and Mines Minister Chandrajit Yadav said several mining engineers he met at the Chasnala mine disaster site did not rule out the possibility of “some survivors’’. The structure of the Chasnala mine was such that it might be possible for some of the trapped miners to locate air pockets. At least 372 miners were suspected to be in the mine when water rushed in from an abandoned mine nearby on December 27.
