Shillong, June 9: Meghalaya has not given up on the rescue of the miners trapped in an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district as around 100 rescuers from the NDRF, SDRF and the Fire Service are camping at the accident site. They are waiting for the water level to come down to about 10 meters in depth because that is the maximum water level they can operate in.
Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said, “We have asked the district administration as well as other agencies including NDRF to also pitch in but the conditions are very difficult out there.”
Stating that the authorities concerned are trying their best to rescue the trapped miners, the chief minister said, “We have not come out with positive results as of now.”
At least five miners were trapped inside a coal mine in Sutnga Elaka after a tragic accident that took place on the night of May 30. So far, police have arrested the owner of the coal mine, Shining Langstang, and charged him for violation of the NGT order banning unscientific mining and transportation of coal.
The mine manager aka sordar is still on the run and a look out notice was issued since he was the one who is responsible for bringing illegal migrant workers from Assam and Tripura to work at the mine, a senior police official in the district said.
