The physique of one of many three miners who died after being trapped in a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district was recovered early Wednesday.
“Many makes an attempt had been made yesterday however we didn’t succeed… A joint workforce of divers went in at present and recovered one physique. Diving in such conditions is a special ballgame. We want consultants as we can not guess the circumstances that might be there inside,” the commandant of NDRF’s 1st Battalion, HPS Kandari, instructed information company ANI.
On Tuesday night, an Indian Navy workforce, together with deep sea divers, had arrived on the web site, the place the water degree contained in the pit is 200 ft deep.
On Monday morning, no less than 9 employees aged between 26 and 57 had been trapped in a coal mine in 3 Kilo, Umrangso, within the hilly district of Dima Hasao. Dima Hasao has widespread coal, limestone and granite quarrying actions, and the coal reserves of Umrangso have been leased by the state government-run Assam Mining Improvement Company. Nevertheless, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated, “Prima facie, it seems to be an unlawful mine.”
#WATCH | UPDATE | Dima Hasao, Assam: One physique recovered from the coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso space the place 9 folks had been trapped on January 6. Search and rescue operation remains to be underway. pic.twitter.com/q4KvJQjQvJ
— ANI (@ANI) January 8, 2025
Due to the distant location, rescue operations had not picked up tempo on Monday, however groups from the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive, the State Catastrophe Response Drive and the Military reached the spot on Tuesday morning. An NDRF official stated that the lads had been working in rat gap mines connecting to the central pit when it bought flooded and that there’s a probability the employees are trapped inside a number of the rat gap tunnels.
“There’s a 300-foot pit and there are rat gap tunnels branching in several instructions from it. When the miners had been digging, they contacted a water supply resulting from which it was flooded. Utilizing cranes and trolleys, some males had been rescued by the locals, however 9 remained trapped. There may be heavy seepage contained in the pit, and due to the depth of the water, it’s troublesome to evaluate the precise scenario,” he stated.
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