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Meghalaya coal mine: Process of cleaning 10 shafts completed
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Efforts to find the miners trapped in a Meghalaya mine Since December 13, 2018 made little progress, as the process of cleaning the 10 shafts got completed on Sunday.
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2nd body recovered from Meghalaya mine
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): One more unidentified body has been recovered from the ill-fated mine here where 13 miners were trapped since December 13 last year.
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SC asks Centre, Meghalaya govt to continue efforts to rescue trapped miner
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and Meghalaya government to continue their efforts to rescue miners who have been trapped for more than a month in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.
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Operation to evacuate trapped miners not abandoned: Centre to SC
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): The Centre and the Meghalaya government informed the Supreme Court on Monday that the operation to evacuate the miners trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills since December 13 last year, has not been abandoned.
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Navy divers spot skeletons inside Meghalaya mine through ROVs: Sources
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): As operation continues to trace the miners trapped in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the divers of Indian Navy on Thursday spotted skeletons inside the mine through their remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROVs), said s
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Navy divers detect one of 15 Meghalaya miners trapped in a rat-hole coal m
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): The divers of Indian Navy on Thursday detected the body of one miner out of 15 who are trapped in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district for over a month now.
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Carry on rescue efforts, miracles do happen: SC on trapped Meghalaya miner
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and the Meghalaya government to take help of experts and continue efforts to rescue the 15 miners trapped in a coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills since December 13 last year.
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27 days on, rescuers on toes to bring out 15 trapped miners from Meghalaya
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Rescuers are burning the midnight oil by continuously pumping out water from an illegal flooded coal mine in Ksan near Lytein River in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, where 15 miners are trapped for nearly a month now.
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Meghalaya: Over 2 Lakh litre water pumped out in efforts to rescue trapped
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Coal India Limited (CIL) on Monday started pumping out water from the old shaft at around 3.30 pm as part of the ongoing operations to rescue the miners who have been trapped in a mine at Ksan near Lyteiñ River in East Jaintia Hills.
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Meghalaya mining tragedy: Water recedes by 3.5 ft
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): In the latest development in the Meghalaya Miner rescue efforts, the water has been pumped out of the old shaft and is said to have receded by 3.5 feet.
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SC to hear plea on trapped Meghalaya miners on Thursday
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition seeking adequate manpower and equipment for rescuing miners on Thursday, who are trapped in an illegal flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills since December 13 last year.
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Meghalaya Miners Rescue: NDRF, Indian Navy begin joint operation
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Indian Navy and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Monday morning launched a joint operation to rescue the miners trapped in an illegal mine at Lumthari village under the East Jaintia Hills.
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