Over a month later, navy detects 1 body in Meghalaya mine

January 17, 2019 09:35

The navy has detected the body of one the miners more than a month after operations to search and rescue 15 miners trapped in a deep coal mine in Meghalaya.

The body was detected at a depth of more than 200 feet inside the "rat-hole" mine.

Efforts are on to rescue the remaining 14 miners.

Around 200 rescue personnel of the Indian navy, the Coal India, the National Disaster Response Force, the Odisha fire service and private pump maker Kriloskar are involved in the search operations.

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