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Man to be awarded for saving lives of 64 coal miners
short by Bhavika Bhuwalka / on Saturday, 17 September, 2016
Jaswant Singh Gill, an Additional Chief Mining Engineer, had saved the lives of 64 coal miners in West Bengal in 1989. As the miners got stuck due to the cracking of an underground water table, Gill lowered himself into their pit and helped them get out. He will receive the Bhagat Singh Puran award for the same on September 23.
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