Assam, Coal Mine

5 Missing Miners Bodies Recovered After 44 Days in Flooded Coal Mine
The remaining five missing miners’ bodies were recovered from a flooded coal mine in India's north-eastern state of Assam on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
Tragic End to Assam's Mine Disaster: Bodies of All 9 Trapped Miners Recovered
The bodies of all nine trapped miners in Assam's Dima Hasao district's flooded rat-hole coal mine have been recovered 44 days after the accident. The rescue operations involved multiple agencies and concluded with the retrieval of the final bodies.
Assam coal mine tragedy: Body of another trapped labourer recovered
Another body of a labourer trapped inside the coal mine in Assam’s Umrangso was recovered on Wednesday, said Minister Kaushik Rai.
5 more bodies recovered from Umrangso coal mine after 42 days; Assam govt takes action
Teams from the National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Army recovered the remaining five bodies from the Umrangso coal mine after completing the dewatering process. The Assam government announced a compensation for the victim's families and initiated investigating illegal mining activities.
44 days on, bodies of 5 more workers recovered from flooded Assam mine
NDRF, the army, the navy, and police were camped at the site of the illegal coal mine in Dima Hasao since January 6 as they looked to trace the trapped workers
Bodies of missing coal miners found after 44-day search
The victims have been identified as Ganga Bahadur Shresth, 38, Hussain Ali, 30, Jakir Hussain, 38, Sarpa Barman, 46, Mustafa Seikh, 44, Khusi Mohan Rai, 57, Sanjit Sarkar, 35, Lijan Magar, 26, and Sarat Goyary, 37.
Search for missing India miners ends as bodies recovered after 44 days
DNA tests will be conducted to identify the men as the bodies are in a decomposed state, a state official told the BBC. On 6 January, nine miners were trapped after water flooded the so-called "rat-hole" mine,
Bodies of 5 remaining workers recovered 44 days after Assam coal mine mishap
The five workers who had remained missing were Hussain Ali (30), Zakir Hussain (38), Mustafa Sheikh (44), all from Darrang district of Assam, Sarpa Barman (46) from Korajhar district in Assam and Sanjit Sarkar (35), from Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.
After 44 days, bodies of remaining 5 miners trapped inside rat-hole coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao recovered
After 44 days, the bodies of the remaining five miners who were trapped inside the flooded rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao district were recovered by the rescue teams on Wednesday.
Iowa pauses work restoring dangerous abandoned mines over federal funding uncertainty
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Umrangso mine tragedy: Bodies of 5 remaining workers retrieved
Guwahati: Rescuers from the NDRF and the Army on Wednesday retrieved the bodies of the five remaining workers from the ...
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'Sullivan Strong': Community strength arose in the aftermath of disaster
It was standing room only in Sullivan's City Hall council chambers on Thursday morning as Mayor JD Wilson presided over a ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the worst mining ...