Friday, 22 December 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The rat hole miners appeared unhappy with the incentive amount of Rs 50,000 given to each of them by the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Some of them are learnt to have expressed their desire that the cheque given to them should be taken back and given to the labourers who were trapped in the tunnel in Silkyara.
Mohammad Irshad Ansari, one of the rat hole miners felicitated by the CM in the programme, told The Pioneer that on learning about the displeasure of the miners; the CM assured them that their issues would be addressed. He said that after the assurance of the CM all the workers took the cheque given to them.
“We are very happy to be part of the team which saved the lives of the trapped labourers. The media adulation made us public heroes so we were reluctant to accept the money considering what the general public will think about us,’’ he said.
