Rescue Mission In Assam: Fears Mount For Miners Trapped In Flooded Coal Mine

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Three miners are feared dead after being trapped in a flooded coal mine in the remote Dima Hasao district of India’s northeastern Assam state, authorities announced on Tuesday. Rescue teams have been working tirelessly to reach a total of nine men who have been stuck inside since Monday.

Rescue teams have spotted three bodies but have yet to recover them, according to a statement from the local government.

The army has deployed divers, helicopters, and engineers to aid in the rescue efforts. The miners have been trapped since the mine flooded internally on Monday. District police chief Mayank Kumar explained that the miners likely struck a water channel, causing the flooding.

"The mine got flooded yesterday — the source was internal. They (the miners) probably hit some water channel and water came out and flooded it," Kumar told Reuters.

Rescue teams from the army, national, and state disaster relief forces are actively working to reach the trapped miners.

Photographs shared by the army on social media show rescue workers using ropes, cranes, and other equipment at the edge of the large, vertical mine.

Coal mine disasters are not uncommon in the remote northeastern part of India. In a major incident in 2019, at least 15 miners were buried alive while working in an illegal mine in the neighboring state of Meghalaya after it was flooded by water from a nearby river.

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