“Four dead bodies recovered by teams already”
Assam: The rescue efforts to rescue the bodies of miners from a rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area of Dima Hasao district of Assam is going on, official expressed hope for further progress in operation and says water level has been reduced by more than half and is expected to lower further.
Harmeet Singh, Special DGP Assam while sharing the details said, “now we have 12 pumps functioning. Six pumps in the main shaft and six pumps in three other shafts. And the water level has gone down by more than half. The water level was at about 30 meters. It is now less than 15 meters. We are not so sure about what more inflow will come. But right now, as things go today, you saw that with the flow and the pull of the water, we were able to recover three more mortal remains.”
He also said that they are hopeful that tomorrow, with the water going down further and the shaft opening up further, and the arteries of the shaft opening up further, we will be able to maybe get some more results.
Meanwhile, two more bodies were recovered on Saturday by a joint rescue team comprising the Indian Navy and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), bringing the death toll to four in the mining accident.
These are the third and fourth bodies recovered by the rescue teams.
HPS Kandari, Commandant of the 1st Battalion, NDRF, said, “If all water is drained out, we can easily go and conduct the search operation inside. 4 bodies have been recovered till now…”