January 11, 2025 8:22 PM.
In Assam, the search and rescue operation continues to rescue five more miners trapped inside the flooded coal mine at Umrangso in the Dima Hasao district, bordering Meghalaya.
The Navy, Army, NDRF, SDRF, ONGC, Coal India, and district administration are working jointly to trace and rescue the remaining rat-hole coal miners. Today, the rescue team retrieved three bodies from the quarry after almost 150 hours.
The coal miners were trapped early on Monday morning inside the coal quarry after a sudden gush of water flooded the site. The deceased have been identified as Ganga Bahadur Shrestha, Lijen Magar, Khusi Mohan, and Sarat Goyari. Ganga Bahadur Shrestha is a Nepali citizen.
Two persons have been arrested so far in connection with the tragedy: one, Punush Nunisa, the block holder of the mine, and Hanan Laskar, who was responsible for overseeing worker engagement and payments.