Indian Divers Race To Reach Miners Inside Flooded Pit

2025-01-07 03:03:31

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) AFP

Guwahati, India: Indian search teams including military divers worked Tuesday to reach several coal miners trapped underground after water flooded the shaft a day earlier, rescue officials said.

Nine men are reported to be trapped in the mine, with a rescue report saying three bodies had been spotted.

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Locals said at least 27 workers had entered the mine on Monday morning in the Dima Hasao region of India's northeastern state of Assam, with many managing to escape as gushing waters swamped the pit workings.

State government minister Kaushik Rai told AFP that more than 100 rescuers including soldiers were working to reach the trapped men.

India's military said that troops "including divers, sappers, medical teams and support staff swiftly responded" to try to bring the miners out.

Images released by the military showed divers in scuba kit being lowered into a deep shaft in a metal bucket.

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