East Jaintia Hills District

9 Trapped Meghalaya Miners' Families Agree To Stop Ongoing Search Ops

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 21, 2019

Families of nine of the 16 miners trapped inside an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya since December, have given consent to the district adminitration to stop the ongoing search operations which entered its 130th day on Sunday, officials said.

Top Court Asks Meghalaya Miners' Families If They Want Bodies To Be Recovered

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 19, 2019

The Supreme Court has sought to know from the relatives of miners, who were trapped in an illegal mine in Meghalaya three months ago, whether they want to recover the bodies which might have been "decomposed" by now.

Navy, Army Decide To End Operation In Meghalaya's Mine Tragedy

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 2, 2019

A team of rescuers from the Navy and Army Friday announced to leave the operation site in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district after 60 days of searching the 15 miners trapped in a 370 feet-deep illegal coal mine.

Second Body Pulled Out Of Meghalaya Coal Mine, 5 Bodies Detected Till Now

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday February 27, 2019

A combined team of the Indian Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday pulled out a second body from the 370 feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district where 13 miners still remain trapped since December 13, 2018, an official said.

Navy Detects Fifth Decomposed Body Inside Meghalaya Mine

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 26, 2019

Indian Navy divers on Tuesday located the fifth body from inside the 370-feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, where over a dozen miners remain trapped since December 13, 2018, an official said.

In Meghalaya Mine Rescue Operation, Navy Finds Third Body

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 25, 2019

The Indian Navy on Sunday detected a skeleton, possibly of another missing miner, trapped deep inside the 370-feet-deep coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, officials said.

Navy Team Resumes Search Operation For Missing Meghalaya Miners

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 12, 2019

Three days after suspending operations for equipment maintenance, an Indian Navy team on Tuesday resumed their search for 14 miners trapped inside an illegal, 370-feet flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district

Rescue Operations For Meghalaya Miners To Continue, Says Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 31, 2019

Meghalaya Home Minister James K Sangma Wednesday said the multi-agency operation to search for the remaining 13 miners trapped inside a 370-foot-deep coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district will continue, as per directions of the Supreme Court.

Army Joins Rescue Operations To Find Missing Meghalaya Miners

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday January 29, 2019

A platoon of soldiers on Monday joined the search and rescue operations in Meghalaya where the fate of 13 miners remains unknown inside an illegal 370 feet deep coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district, an official said.

Will Take Time To Retrieve Body Of Trapped Miner In Meghalaya: Navy

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 22, 2019

The Indian Navy on Tuesday resumed its operation to retrieve the decomposed body of one of the trapped miners detected inside a 370-feet deep illegal coal mine in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district but failed to achieve success.

Meghalaya Citizenship Bill Protesters Attack Odisha Mine Rescuers' Bus

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 12, 2019

A bus carrying a team of rescuers from Odisha, headed to aid the operations to trace 15 miners trapped in a rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya, was attacked in East Jaintia Hills district allegedly by people protesting against the citizenship bill, police said on Friday.

On Day 25, Efforts To Rescue Trapped Miners In Meghalaya Hindered Again

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday January 6, 2019

Rescue operations for the 15 miners trapped in a flooded illegal coal mine in Meghalaya''s East Jaintia Hills district for the past 24 days hit a roadblock on Sunday as two high-powered pumps engaged in dewatering encountered technical glitches, officials said.

Trapped Meghalaya Miner's Father Wants To Rappel Down To look For His Son

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday January 4, 2019

Solibar Rahman stopped working in Meghalaya's illegal coal mines in 2012. The native of Bhangnamari village in western Assam's Chirang district is, however, confident of his skills and is now bracing for one last attempt to rappel down the 380-foot coal mine at Ksan in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district to search for his son, who had not retur...

Holding Cable, He Avoided Falling Into Meghalaya Mine Where 15 Are Stuck

India News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday January 1, 2019

Saheb Ali felt an icy wind, saw a wall of water hurtling towards him and desperately held on to an electric cable to avoid becoming one of the 15 men trapped for more than two weeks in the 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

Meghalaya Mine Rescue Operations Hindered As Pumps Develop Technical Snag

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 1, 2019

Operations to rescue miners trapped in a flooded quarry in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district were hindered after high-powered pumps developed technical snags today, officials said.