9 workers were trapped in a 300 feet deep coal mine in Umrangso in Dima Hasao district of Assam for the last 48 hours. Now, according to the latest information, a body has been recovered from the coal mine located at 3 Kilo in Umrangso area. Search and rescue operation is still going on.

Actually, on January 6, the mine was suddenly flooded with water. The army has been deployed to rescue the workers. The operation was stopped on Tuesday night. The rescue operation has started again in the morning.

According to the information received, the joint rescue operation of Indian Army, Assam Rifles, NDRF, SDRF teams and other agencies has been resumed on Monday - January 6 to rescue 9 people trapped in a coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area.

A miner working in the mine, whose brother is also trapped, said, “Suddenly people started shouting that water is filling up (in the mine); 30-35 people came out, but 15-16 people remained trapped inside.”

Water came suddenly, there was no chance to get out 

Dima Hasao district SP Mayank Jha said that many workers are feared trapped in the mine. According to eyewitnesses, water suddenly came, due to which the workers could not get out of the mine. Rescue operation has been started with teams of emergency response team, local officials and mining experts. The workers trapped in the mine are being traced.

What is rat hole mining?

Rat means rat, hole means hole and mining means digging. It is clear that digging like a rat by entering the hole. In this, digging is started from the side of the mountain with a thin hole and by making a pole, it is slowly drilled with a small hand drilling machine. The debris is taken out by hand.

A process called rat hole mining has been commonly used in coal mining. Rat hole mining is done in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and the North East, but rat hole mining is a very dangerous job, so it has been banned many times.