India News Get -Updated Photos of NationalAssam Coal Mine Rescue Operation; Himanta Sarma | Dima Hasao
This is a drone visual above the mine. Work to evacuate workers stuck for three days continues.
Eight workers have been stuck in a 300-feet deep coal mine at Umrangso in Assam’s Dima Hasao district for 72 hours. The body of a worker was taken away on Wednesday. Now, Air Force planes and helicopters are also joining the rescue effort.
The NDRF and SDRF teams are also providing assistance. A task force of engineers along with divers and medical teams from the Indian Army and the Assam Rifles are also present.
NDRF inspector Roshan Kumar Chand said the vertical area was searched. The water level does not decrease even after continuous pumping. A new heavy pumping machine has been purchased from Maharashtra.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Navy’s ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) was sent inside the tunnel. The ROV is capable of taking photos and is equipped with sonar waves. However, nothing was visible there.
The accident took place on January 6, while workers were extracting coal from the mine. The army was deployed to rescue the workers. According to some reports, it is a rat miner’s mine. It is filled with water up to 100 feet, which is discharged using two motors. Police arrested mine owner Puneesh Nunisa.
5 photos of the rescue operation…
Navy divers were sent inside the mine using ropes.
Army soldiers try to drain the water contained inside the mine through pipes.
ONGC team is also engaged in rescue.
The body of one of 9 workers trapped in a mine in Assam has been removed.
Divers were sent to the mine for rescue using a cart.
Names of workers stuck in Umrangso coal mine
Ganga Bahadur Shreth, Rampur (Dummana-2 Bhejpur), PS Thoksila, district: Udaipur, NepalHussain Ali, Bagribari, Thana Shyampur, district: Darrang, AssamJakir Hussain, 4 No. Sialmari Khuti, Thana Dalgaon, district: Darrang, AssamSarpa Barman, Khalisnimari, Thana Gosaigaon, district: Kokrajhar, Assam Mustafa Shaikh, Bagribari, PS Thilapara, Batashipur, Panbari Post Office, District: Sonitpur, Assam
TMC MP says: BJP is profiting from illegal mining Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev has raised many questions about the Assam government. Sushmita Dev said that today she visited Dima Hasao. How is illegal mining continuing in this area? What steps does the Assam government plan to take to ensure that people’s lives are not put at risk in this manner in future? Who owns the mine raises many questions.
The Assam government has not been able to resolve the mining problem till date. He believes that because no solution has been found, illegal mining continues. Coal is shipped illegally. It functions as a union in Assam.
15 rat hole miners were also killed in 2018
A similar accident took place in East Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya in 2018. Where 15 workers were trapped and died in the coal mine. On December 13, 20 miners entered a 370-foot-deep mine, from which 5 workers exited before filling it with water. 15 workers could not be saved.
What is rathole mining?
Rat means rat, hole means hole, and exploit means dig. It is clear that you have to enter the hole and dig like a rat. In this case, the digging starts from the mountain side with a thin hole and after making a post, it is slowly drilled with a small hand drill. Debris is removed manually.
A process called rat hole mining is commonly used in coal mines. Rat hole mining takes place in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and North East, but rat hole mining is a very dangerous job and hence has been banned many times.
NGT had banned rat mining in 2014
Rat mining was invented by workers working in coal mines. The National Green Tribunal i.e. NGT had banned it in 2014. Experts had termed it an unscientific method. However, the extraction of rats is not prohibited in special circumstances, for example during rescue operations.
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