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Meghalaya coal mine News
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The water level in the flooded 152-metre-deep coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, where five people have been trapped since May 30, receded by 22 feet on Friday, an official said.
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The body was first spotted by rescue teams, including the Indian Navy and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), with the help of an Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (UWROV).
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As many as 15 workers were trapped in a 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in Ksan area of Lumthari village in the state.
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The divers of the Navy and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were not able to resume the search operation for the 15 trapped miners as they could not go inside due to the high water level.
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The exercise will be undertaken to ascertain if the abandoned mine is connected with the 370-foot-deep mine in which the 15 miners were trapped.
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The miners are trapped in a 370-feet deep illegal mine in Lumthari village in the district since December 13, when water from the nearby River Lytein flooded the mine.
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Indian Air force has airlifted 21 personnel of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) with 10 high power pumps from Bhubaneswar to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13 last
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IAF, Coal India Limited and Kirloskar Brothers' Limited are already part of the rescue team trying to bring out the 15 stranded miners from the illegal coal mine in Jaintia Hills district.
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Time is running out for 15 miners trapped in an illegal quarry in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district since December 13, as rescue operations were suspended by the state government this week for want of high-powered pumps to remove water from the pit.
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The CM said that in its last-ditch effort to save them, the state government has sought high-power submersible pumps from the Coal India Ltd.
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