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18 Labourers Killed, 1 Injured After Blast In Illegal Meghalaya Coal Mine
Eighteen labourers died and one was injured after an explosion trapped them deep inside a suspected illegal coal mine at a village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, police said.
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Third Body Fished Out From Flooded 'Rat-Hole' Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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Second Body Pulled Out Of Meghalaya Coal Mine, 5 Bodies Detected Till Now
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.
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Navy Vehicle Maps Rat Hole Access At Meghalaya Mine
As part of the ongoing efforts to rescue trapped miners from a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya, Navy's Remotely Operated Vehicle probes, up to a distance of 100 feet, have been successfully undertaken inside two identified rat holes.
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"Will Take Time": Meghalaya Rescue Restarts, Navy Divers Join - 10 Points
The operation to rescue 15 people, trapped in a 320-foot-deep coal mine at Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, has entered its seventeenth day. Now equipped with ten high-powered pumps that are required to pump out the water from the flooded mine, the authorities are preparing for the final push of the rescue operation. A team of divers from the navy a...
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On Day 15, Navy Divers, Underwater Drones For Meghalaya Rescue: 10 Points
Several trucks loaded with 10 heavy pumps are heading towards a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya where 15 men are trapped for three weeks. A heavy-lift transport plane of the Air Force carrying the 10 high-power pumps landed this morning at Guwahati airport. The trucks will cover a distance of 220 km to the mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills in as sh...
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Two Weeks On, Indian Air Force Flies In High-Powered Pumps To Aid Meghalaya Ops
Over two weeks after a rat-hole mine collapsed in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, trapping 15 people underground, the Indian Air Force has finally come forward to help. Kirloskar Brothers has offered to expedite the rescue operation by sending powerful pumps to draw water from the pit, and a team of experts from state-run Coal India Limited is bein...
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"Most Challenging Operation": Rescue Team On Meghalaya "Rat Hole" Mine
The operation to rescue over 15 people trapped inside a "rat hole" coal mine in Meghalaya for the last 15 days is one of the most challenging the National Disaster Response Force has seen, its commandant SK Sastri told NDTV.
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Six Days On, Rainstorm Hinders Rescue Efforts At Flooded Meghalaya Mine
A rescue operation launched to rescue over 14 people trapped inside a flooded "rat-hole" mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills was disrupted due to heavy rain and strong winds today. Five days have passed since the operation's launch, but nobody has been rescued yet.
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Hope runs out for Meghalaya's trapped 'rat-hole' miners
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team on Friday called off the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya since July 6, an official said. The miners got trapped in a mine in South Garo Hills district last week on Thursday after they accidentally punctured the wall of an abandoned mine, filling their mine wit...
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18 Labourers Killed, 1 Injured After Blast In Illegal Meghalaya Coal Mine
Eighteen labourers died and one was injured after an explosion trapped them deep inside a suspected illegal coal mine at a village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, police said.
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Third Body Fished Out From Flooded 'Rat-Hole' Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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Second Body Pulled Out Of Meghalaya Coal Mine, 5 Bodies Detected Till Now
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.
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Navy Vehicle Maps Rat Hole Access At Meghalaya Mine
As part of the ongoing efforts to rescue trapped miners from a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya, Navy's Remotely Operated Vehicle probes, up to a distance of 100 feet, have been successfully undertaken inside two identified rat holes.
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"Will Take Time": Meghalaya Rescue Restarts, Navy Divers Join - 10 Points
The operation to rescue 15 people, trapped in a 320-foot-deep coal mine at Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, has entered its seventeenth day. Now equipped with ten high-powered pumps that are required to pump out the water from the flooded mine, the authorities are preparing for the final push of the rescue operation. A team of divers from the navy a...
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On Day 15, Navy Divers, Underwater Drones For Meghalaya Rescue: 10 Points
Several trucks loaded with 10 heavy pumps are heading towards a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya where 15 men are trapped for three weeks. A heavy-lift transport plane of the Air Force carrying the 10 high-power pumps landed this morning at Guwahati airport. The trucks will cover a distance of 220 km to the mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills in as sh...
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Two Weeks On, Indian Air Force Flies In High-Powered Pumps To Aid Meghalaya Ops
Over two weeks after a rat-hole mine collapsed in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, trapping 15 people underground, the Indian Air Force has finally come forward to help. Kirloskar Brothers has offered to expedite the rescue operation by sending powerful pumps to draw water from the pit, and a team of experts from state-run Coal India Limited is bein...
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"Most Challenging Operation": Rescue Team On Meghalaya "Rat Hole" Mine
The operation to rescue over 15 people trapped inside a "rat hole" coal mine in Meghalaya for the last 15 days is one of the most challenging the National Disaster Response Force has seen, its commandant SK Sastri told NDTV.
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Six Days On, Rainstorm Hinders Rescue Efforts At Flooded Meghalaya Mine
A rescue operation launched to rescue over 14 people trapped inside a flooded "rat-hole" mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills was disrupted due to heavy rain and strong winds today. Five days have passed since the operation's launch, but nobody has been rescued yet.
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Hope runs out for Meghalaya's trapped 'rat-hole' miners
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team on Friday called off the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya since July 6, an official said. The miners got trapped in a mine in South Garo Hills district last week on Thursday after they accidentally punctured the wall of an abandoned mine, filling their mine wit...
