Body recovered from coal mine in Assam

In Assam, 21 Para divers, yesterday, retrieved the body of one of the trapped coal miners from the flooded coal mine at Umrangso of Dima Hasao district after more than 48 hours. The deceased has been identified as a native of Nepal. Rescue Operation is underway to rescue other labourers trapped inside the illegal rat-hole coal mine.

Assam Government had



asked Navy divers to assist Army and Paramilitary forces in the rescue operation of trapped coal miners in Dima Hasao which is close to the Meghalaya border. Along with the Army and Navy divers, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force have intensified their efforts to rescue the trapped miners.