Rescue Operation Underway To Save Eight Trapped Miners In Central Java
By Mohd Iswandi Kasan Anuar
JAKARTA, July 28 (Bernama) -- Rescuers in Indonesia’s Central Java province are deploying pumps to extract water to save at least eight illegal gold miners trapped in a 60-metre deep mining hole since Wednesday, at the Pancurendang gold mine on the outskirts of Ajibarang, Banyumas.
The rescue team had brought six submersible pump machines on Thursday to lower the water level, while at the same time stop water absorption points from the groundwater basin.
“We will do further evaluation when the water entry point is closed, and the pond dries up,” head of Cilacap search and rescue office Adah Sudarsa said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Chief of Banyumas Police Commissioner Edy Suranta Sitepu said the mining operation in the area was illegal.
“Their permit application is yet to be approved by the Central Java Energy and Mineral Resources Office since in 2021,” he said.
-- BERNAMA
