Supreme Court dissatisfied with Meghalaya govt's action to rescue trapped miners
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the Meghalaya government's so far action taken to rescue 15 people trapped in an illegal coal mine in the state, media reports said.
All 15 people are trapped since Dec 13.
Even the Supreme Court bench asked the Meghalaya government as to why it is not successful yet to rescue the trapped miners.
Indian Navy divers, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and fire fighters from Odisha Fire Services are engaged in the rescue operation. Only three helmets have been recovered so far.
Assistant Commandant of NDRF’s 1st battalion Santosh Kumar Singh said five navy divers on Sunday had reached around 70 feet from the surface.
The miners remained trapped inside the flooded coal mine at Ksan village near Lumthari area and their fate is still unknown even as the rescuers continues to struggle to locate them aid surging water inside the 370-feet deep pit.
The Meghalaya government had suspended the rescue operations on Dec 24 after two pumps proved ineffective in reducing the water level inside the coal mine . The operations resumed on Dec 29 after Indian navy divers and 21 fire fighters of Odisha Fire Services joined the operation with 10 high-powered pumps.
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