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Workers had landed in the coal mine of Umrangso on 6 January. Today is the 7th day of the rescue operation.
Today is the 7th day of the rescue operation of workers in a 300 feet deep coal mine in Dima Hasao district of Assam. Till now the bodies of 4 laborers have been recovered. 5 workers are still trapped in the rat holes inside the mine.
The bodies of laborers whose bodies were recovered include those of Ganga Bahadur Shrestha of Nepal on January 8 and Lijen Magar of Umrangso, Khushi Mohan Rai of Kokrajhar and Sarat Goyari of Sonitpur on January 11.
The rescue operation is being run jointly by the Indian Army and NDRF. Meanwhile, Special DGP of Assam Harmeet Singh said that on the day of the accident, the water level in the mine was 30 meters, now it has come down to less than 15 meters.
State Mines and Minerals Minister Kaushik Rai said that the water extraction work may be completed within the next 36 hours.
Pictures of rescue operation…
Navy divers are going into the water filled mine and locating the workers.
NDRF team recovered 3 bodies during the rescue operation on the sixth day.
According to Assam Police, 12 pumps have been pumping out water from the mine for the last 6 days.
Names of 5 workers trapped in Umrangso coal mine
- Hussain Ali, Bagribari, Thana Shyampur, District: Darrang, Assam
- Zakir Hussain, 4 No. Sialmari Khuti, Thana Dalgaon, District: Darrang, Assam
- Sarpa Barman, Khalisnimari, Thana Gosaigaon, District: Kokrajhar, Assam
- Mustafa Sheikh, Bagribari, PS Dalgaon, Dist: Darrang, Assam
- Sanjit Sarkar, Raichenga, District: Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
12 pumps are removing water from the mine
According to Assam Police, 12 pumps are removing water from the mine. 6 pumps are working in the main shaft and remaining 6 pumps are working in three shafts. Nothing can be said about how much more water will come from the mine. Currently, 3 dead bodies have come out with the flow and pull of water. In the future, when the water goes down further and the shaft opens further, perhaps some more results will be obtained. When the water completely comes out.
Lijan had gone to work on the first day but
Lijan Magar’s wife Junu
Junu Pradhan, wife of Lijan Magar, who died in the coal mine accident, says. His first day of work here was on January 6. Lijan Magar was the only earning member of our family. Wife Junu said- I have a 2 month old child and I don’t know what our future will be.
The body of 27-year-old Lijan Magar was found floating on water on Saturday morning. He was a resident of Kalamati village number 1 of Dima Hasao.
2 arrests, FIR against 2; Congress demands from PM – form SIT
Assam Police had arrested Hanan Laskar and Punush Nunisa in connection with the mine accident. At the same time, Kom Kemprai and Pitush Langthasa of Congress’s Dima Hasao unit have lodged an FIR against North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council Chief Executive Member (CEM) Debolal Gorlosa and his wife Kanika Hojai. In this, a demand has been made for the immediate arrest of Gorlosa and Hojai. It is claimed that both of them were carrying out illegal mining in the mine.
Meanwhile, Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi has written a letter to PM Modi regarding the mine accident and has demanded the formation of a SIT to investigate the matter. Gaurav wrote- The victims’ families should get justice and it is our responsibility to ensure that such incidents do not happen in future.
15 rat hole miners were killed in 2018 also
A similar accident took place in East Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya in 2018. Where 15 laborers were trapped and died in the coal mine. On December 13, 20 miners had entered the 370 feet deep mine, out of which 5 workers had come out before filling with water. 15 laborers could not be saved.
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Also read this news related to mine accident…
The laborer who returned alive said – he lay straight in the tunnel, the water pressure threw him out
Laborer Riyaz Ali, who returned alive from the tunnel, told Bhaskar that as soon as the water came, he lay down straight, due to which the pressure of the water threw him out. Riyaz said- I remembered the person above and lay down straight in the tunnel, closing my eyes and holding my breath. After a few seconds, water came from inside the tunnel so fast that I came out of the tunnel with pressure and fell on the bottom of the mine. When he came up in the water, he saw that there were some other laborers also there. The rope of the crane that takes us in and out of the mine was hanging nearby. I caught hold of him and came out. Read the full news…
