Two more bodies were recovered on Saturday from a rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area, in Dima Hasao district of Assam by a joint rescue team comprising the Indian Navy and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), bringing the death toll to four in the mining accident.
This is the second body rescued by teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Army and Assam Rifles. The deceased miner, whose body was recovered at 7:36 AM has been identified as Lt. Lijen Magar, (27) a resident of Kalamati village in the district.
"This is a very unfortunate incident. This rescue operation continued for 36 hours...we could remove the silo structure after a lot of effort. Further rescue operations can be now done easily..." Deputy CM Arun Sao said while speaking to the media.
A 12-member special rescue team of Coal India reaches the site of the coal mine of 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district to help in the search and rescue operations to locate and rescue 8 other workers who are trapped in the inundated rat-hole mine.
This comes as part of a joint rescue operation of the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, NDRF, SDRF teams and other agencies to rescue 9 people who have been trapped in a coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area here since January 6. Today (January 10) marks the fifth day of the rescue and relief efforts.
Joint rescue operation of the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, NDRF, SDRF teams and other agencies continued on Friday to rescue 8 people who have been trapped in a coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area since January 6.
"Labourers feared trapped at an iron-making factory in Sargaon, Mungeli after the silo structure of the factory collapsed. One injured labourer has been admitted to a hospital. Police and Administration are present at the spot. Rescue operation is underway," said Mungeli Collector Rahul D
"The Indian Navy team, Indian army and NDRF have jointly started the search & rescue operation with the help of sonar equipment for the third day at the coal mine site."
A joint rescue operation involving the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, NDRF, SDRF, and other agencies resumed on January 6 to rescue nine miners trapped in a coal mine in Dima Hasao, Assam.
The Indian Army, Assam Rifles, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams and other agencies continued their rescue operations on Tuesday to evacuate nine people trapped in a coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao district since Janu
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