Assam, India and Coal Mine

Assam Coal Mine Tragedy: A Life-Or-Death Rescue Mission? The Deadly Struggle to Save Trapped Miners
Assam Tragedy At least 8 miners are trapped, three confirmed dead at the time of producing this bulletin, as rescue teams battle against time in Assam. This is the grim reality unfolding in the state's Dima Hasao district,
Three miners feared dead in India's Assam state, six others trapped
By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI (Reuters) -Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.
At least nine miners are trapped in a coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state
At least nine workers are trapped inside a coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state and authorities have summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.
3 feared dead after coal mine floods in India’s Assam state
Three miners are feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India ’s northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, as rescue teams worked through the night to try to reach the nine men trapped inside.
Indian army divers retrieve the body of one of at least 9 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine
Indian army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Wednesday. The miners became trapped on Monday when water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,
Rescuers search for workers trapped in flooded coal mine in India’s Assam state
At least nine workers remained trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.
Divers recover body of one of 9 trapped workers from flooded coal mine in Assam
The body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered by army divers on Wednesday, the third day of the rescue operations, officials said
Rescue teams battle to save miners trapped underground as water levels rise in India
Rescue teams were today battling to save miners trapped in a flooded mine amid rising water levels in India. The workers were trapped when water flooded the illegal 300ft coal mine in the Umrangso area of northeastern Assam state on January 6.
Assam: Joint operation resumes to rescue 9 people trapped in a coal mine at 3 Kilo
Joint rescue operation of Indian Army, Assam Rifles, NDRF, SDRF teams and other agencies resumed. Indian Navy to join the operation to rescue 9 people who were trapped in a coal mine at 3 Kilo in Assam’s Umrangso area.
‘I felt a body with my right hand’: In depths of darkness, divers have little luck rescuing men trapped in Assam rat hole mine
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Stubborn water level affects Assam coal mine rescue operations
The unchanged level of murky water has affected the operations to rescue at least eight miners trapped inside a rat-hole coal ...
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