Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Sept 8: The coal mine workers of Mogla mine today called off the strike and performed the last rites of their worker who was killed in an accident inside the mine yesterday afternoon during first shift.
Soon after the death of the worker, the coal mine workers resorted to strike demanding immediate sanction of ex-gratia. They took the body on the inlet of the mine and sat on dharna there demanding that some one from administration or management of the coal mine should visit there and announce the ex-gratia for the bereaved family and job to his next kin.
However, no officer came there yesterday forcing the workers to resort to strike today also. The workers only called off their strike this afternoon when the SDM Nowshera, Additional SP, Nowshera and Tehsildar Kalakote visited there and assured them that their demands will be accepted. They also talked to MD J&K Minerals on phone regarding the issue.
The authorities sanctioned on spot exgratia of Rs 25,000 for the bereaved family for the last rites of the coal worker and also assured to appoint the next kin of the worker as a daily wager in the mine. They assured to pay the full ex-gratia to the family.
Reports said that Swaram Chand , 45 son of Babu Ram of Triyat Kalakote was killed yesterday after being run over by the trolley which was working inside the mine when its rope snapped suddenly.
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