Assam, India and Coal Mine

Dewatering Operations Persist in Assam's Abandoned Coal Mine Amid Ongoing Rescue Efforts
Dewatering continues in Assam's abandoned coal mine to aid rescue efforts for trapped miners. Chief Minister clarifies mine's legal status.
Rescuers search for workers trapped in flooded coal mine in India’s Assam state
At least nine workers remained trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.
One body recovered from flooded Indian mine as rescuers search for trapped men
The body of a miner was recovered from a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, two days into the search for nine men trapped below ground.
Indian army divers retrieve the body of one of at least 9 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine
Indian army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Wednesday. The miners became trapped on Monday when water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,
Rescue operation continues in Umrangso: 8 miners still trapped in flooded coal mine
A joint rescue operation involving the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, NDRF, SDRF, and other agencies is in progress to save eight workers trapped in a coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area since January 6.
Body of one miner recovered in Assam coal mine rescue operation
The body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered by army divers on Wednesday on the third day of the rescue operations, officials said.
Divers recover body of one of 9 trapped workers from flooded coal mine in Assam
The body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered by army divers on Wednesday, the third day of the rescue operations, officials said
Cong holds sit-in across Assam over coal mining
Guwahati: Days after several miners were trapped in a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao, Congress held a statewide sit-in ...
Assam coal mine rescue: Coal India brings in 500 GPM pump to dewater mine
Coal India has brought in a pump of 500 GPM (gallons per minute) to dewater the mine. The installation of this pump is now underway.
At least 9 miners are trapped in a coal mine in India's northeastern Assam state
At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as ...
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Dewatering continues in ‘legal but abandoned’ Assam coal mine: Himanta
Dewatering continued for the second consecutive day on Friday in the coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, where eight miners remained trapped since January 6, to facilitate the resumption of ...
‘I felt a body with my right hand’: In depths of darkness, divers have little luck rescuing men trapped in Assam rat hole mine
Nine men were trapped on Monday after the mine was suddenly flooded. Since then, the rescue operation has seen a series of ...
Three miners feared dead in India's Assam state, six others trapped
By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI (Reuters) -Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's ...
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Assam cabinet nod for classification of oil palms as cash crop
The Assam cabinet on Friday approved the classification of oil palms as a cash crop, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The cabinet also approved guidelines for the declaration of industrial ...
Min in Thailand to woo investors for Advantage Assam summit
Guwahati: Team Assam, led by state IT and science and technology minister Keshab Mahanta, held the second leg of ...