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After 44 days, bodies of remaining 5 miners trapped inside rat-hole coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao recovered
Guwahati, February 20: After 44 days, the bodies of the remaining five miners who were trapped inside the flooded rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao district were recovered by the rescue teams on Wednesday.
Assam: Death toll rises to 4 as 2 more bodies recovered from Umrangso coal mine
Dima Hasao, Assam, January 11: 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.
Labourers trapped in Assam's coal mine; water channels create hurdle for rescue team
Guwahati, Jan 9: The efforts to rescue trapped labourers from a coal mine in Assam's Umrangso locality in the Dima Hasao district continue but the pouring of water into the tunnel is creating hurdles for the rescue team, officials said on Wednesday.
Assam Mining Rescue: Indian Navy deployed with specialized equipment
Dima Hasao, January 8: The Indian Navy team is fully equipped and carrying specialized equipment such as deep diving gears and underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) for search and rescue operations in Assam's Umrangso.
Expert divers recovered one body, rescue op on: NDRF Commandant on Assam minning accident
Dima Hasao,, January 8: One dead body was recovered and eight miners continue to be trapped in the inundated coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso, in Dima Hasao. The NDRF and Army Troops are continuing rescue operations.
Nine labourers trapped in coal mine in Assam, CM Sarma seeks Army's help
Guwahati, Jan 6: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that a least nine labourers have been identified, who were trapped in a coal mine in the Umrangshu locality in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, earlier in the day.