KHYBER: An explosion in Sra Kanda coal mine in Tirah valley left seven workers injured, Rescue 1122 official informed. The workers were busy digging out coal when suddenly a heavy explosion occurred due to gas filling in the mine. Soon after the incident the locals rushed to the site and retrieved the wounded. District emergency officer Syed Shoab Mansoor said that after informing, they dispatched Rescue 1122 teams to the remote areas that provided first aid facilities to the injured and shifted them to Hayatabad Medical Complex for treatment. The wounded miners’ residents of Shangla were identified as Pasheen Gul, Khan Tehsil, Saleem, Tahir, Raziq, Aziz and Muhammad Ali. According to experts Pakistan has a long history of coal mine accidents, mainly because of poor infrastructure and a lack of safety standards and as per the Pakistan Central Mines Labor Federation death toll from coal mine accidents averages around 200 annually. Our Correspondent
