Three dead, six trapped as Navy joins rescue ops
The New Indian Express Kochi|January 08, 2025
AT LEAST three of the nine miners trapped inside a coal mine near Umrangso in Assam's Dima Hasao district were reported dead even as deep divers from the Indian Navy joined forces with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Army to rescue the miners.
PRASANTA MAZUMDAR @Guwahati

State government officials in Assam confirmed that three bodies had been seen inside the mine. "The bodies are yet to be recovered," an official said. The nine workers got trapped in the coal mine on Monday. The mine has a 20 ft radius and is about 300 ft deep.

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