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
Member of Parliament for Jorhat and Deputy Leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for immediate constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the tragic coal mine collapse in Assam's Dima Hasao district.
The rescue operation at the Umrangso coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district recovered another body on Saturday morning, bringing the death toll to two.
While rescue efforts by the NDRF, Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Assam Rifles continue to recover the bodies of 17 labourers from a coal mine in Umrongso, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) launched statewide protests on Friday. The APCC accused the BJP-led government of enabling an illegal coal syndicate responsible for the tragic incident in Dima Hasao district.
Assam Police have arrested Hanan Laskar, the manager of the rat-hole coal mine where a disaster struck on January 6 in Umrangso, Dima Hasao district. Laskar, employed by the mine owner, was responsible for overseeing miners' payments.
The tragic deaths of 13 miners trapped in an illegal rat-hole mining site in Assam's Dima Hasao district have sparked intense outrage, with opposition parties accusing the BJP-led state government of negligence and complicity in illegal mining activities.
Rescue operations at the "3 Kilo" coal mine in Umrongso, Assam’s Dima Hasao district, have entered their third day, but despite relentless efforts, there is still no sign of the trapped miners, whether dead or alive.
The body of Rajen Sherch, a 42-year-old miner from Nepal's Udaipur district, was recovered early Wednesday morning from a flooded coal mine in 3 Kilo, Umrongso, located in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. The discovery, made at 8:45 AM, came as rescue operations resumed despite persistent rainfall and challenging conditions.