The Single-Member Committee constituted by the Meghalaya High Court has asked the state government to take up the matter relating to closure of existing coal mine openings and implementation of the project of restoration of mining affected areas in the state on war footing.
The grim discovery of three more bodies on Saturday has brought the death toll in the Umrongso coal mine tragedy to four, with five miners still trapped in the flooded rat-hole mine at 3 Kilo, Dima Hasao district
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that a joint rescue team, comprising the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Assam Rifles, is working tirelessly to dewater the flooded mine.
Rescue operations at the flooded illegal coal mine in Umrongso, located in Assam's Dima Hasao district, were suspended for the day at 6 PM and will resume early Wednesday morning
