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Water From Underground Streams Slowing Down Assam Mine Rescue Ops
Suspected seepage of fresh water from underground streams is slowing down the dewatering process, officials said on Thursday.
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Bodies Of 3 More Workers Retrieved From Assam Mine, Ops On To Rescue 5
Nine workers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district after a sudden gush of water flooded the quarry.
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"What Will Happen To Us?" Long Wait For Assam Rat Hole Miner's Wife, Baby
As rescuers race against time to save eight trapped workers from a flooded mine in Assam, a two-month-old baby waits for his father to return home safely.
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3 Days, 8 Trapped Workers, 1 Body: Here's What's Hampering Assam Mine Rescue
Several teams from various central and state organisations and all three arms of the Indian Armed Forces - the Army, Navy and Air Force - are involved in some way in the operation to rescue labourers trapped in a flooded mine in Assam.
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"Lay Down, Water Took Me To Safety": Survivor Of Flooded Assam Mine
A body was recovered and eight other people are still trapped after water gushed into a 340-foot deep 'rat-hole' mine in Assam and flooded it on Monday.
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Water Level Rises To 100 Feet In Assam Coal Mine, 9 Labourers Still Trapped
The water level has increased in the coal mine where at least nine labourers got trapped in Assam's Umrangso locality and deep divers of the Indian Navy were called to assist the rescue operation, said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday.
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3 Miners Dead Inside Flooded Assam Mine, Army Divers, Choppers Deployed
Army teams deployed divers, helicopters and engineers to help rescue the nine men, who have been trapped since Monday in the mine in Assam's hilly Dima Hasao district.
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Army Launches Mission To Rescue Miners Trapped In Coal Mine In Assam
The Indian Army has initiated a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission to assist in the rescue of miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in the remote "3 Kilo" area of Dima Hasao, near the Assam-Meghalaya border.
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Search For 13 Miners Trapped For 2 Weeks In Russia Called Off
Russian emergency workers on Monday ended a rescue operation at a mine in the country's Far East where 13 workers have been trapped for two weeks, state media reported.
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12 Killed After Coal Mine Collapses In Pakistan
The bodies of ten more miners were pulled from a collapsed coal pit in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, bringing the death count to 12 after the rescue bid ended.
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House Demolished, Tunnel Rescue Hero's Daughter Misses Class 10 Exam: Family
A teenage daughter of rat-hole mining expert Wakeel Hasan, who was involved in rescuing 41 labourers in Uttarakhand last year, missed her exam on Thursday due to the chaos caused by the demolition of their house, her family members claimed.
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Jharkhand Boy, 12, Falls Into 60-Foot Mine Pit, Rescued After Hours, Dies
A 12-year-old boy died in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Friday after he fell into a 60-foot-deep hole, and remained stuck there for at least five hours before being brought out, police said.
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"Advised Rat-Hole Mining After...": Tunnelling Expert Details Rescue Op
The "softly, softly" approach to drilling escape holes was key to freeing the 41 men trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told NDTV Wednesday.
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"They Hoisted Us Onto Their Shoulders": Rescuers On Meeting Tunnel Workers
Feroze Qureshi and Monu Kumar, experts in the rat-hole mining technique, were the first to meet the 41 labourers rescued from the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand after they cleared the last bit of the rubble inside the structure.
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Tunnel Rescue Official Was Told Rat-Hole Mining Is Illegal. Watch His Response
Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Live: The rat-hole mining technique, which was outlawed in 2014, was used to clear the last few meters in the operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 17 days.
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Water From Underground Streams Slowing Down Assam Mine Rescue Ops
Suspected seepage of fresh water from underground streams is slowing down the dewatering process, officials said on Thursday.
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Bodies Of 3 More Workers Retrieved From Assam Mine, Ops On To Rescue 5
Nine workers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district after a sudden gush of water flooded the quarry.
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"What Will Happen To Us?" Long Wait For Assam Rat Hole Miner's Wife, Baby
As rescuers race against time to save eight trapped workers from a flooded mine in Assam, a two-month-old baby waits for his father to return home safely.
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3 Days, 8 Trapped Workers, 1 Body: Here's What's Hampering Assam Mine Rescue
Several teams from various central and state organisations and all three arms of the Indian Armed Forces - the Army, Navy and Air Force - are involved in some way in the operation to rescue labourers trapped in a flooded mine in Assam.
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"Lay Down, Water Took Me To Safety": Survivor Of Flooded Assam Mine
A body was recovered and eight other people are still trapped after water gushed into a 340-foot deep 'rat-hole' mine in Assam and flooded it on Monday.
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Water Level Rises To 100 Feet In Assam Coal Mine, 9 Labourers Still Trapped
The water level has increased in the coal mine where at least nine labourers got trapped in Assam's Umrangso locality and deep divers of the Indian Navy were called to assist the rescue operation, said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday.
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3 Miners Dead Inside Flooded Assam Mine, Army Divers, Choppers Deployed
Army teams deployed divers, helicopters and engineers to help rescue the nine men, who have been trapped since Monday in the mine in Assam's hilly Dima Hasao district.
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Army Launches Mission To Rescue Miners Trapped In Coal Mine In Assam
The Indian Army has initiated a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission to assist in the rescue of miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in the remote "3 Kilo" area of Dima Hasao, near the Assam-Meghalaya border.
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Search For 13 Miners Trapped For 2 Weeks In Russia Called Off
Russian emergency workers on Monday ended a rescue operation at a mine in the country's Far East where 13 workers have been trapped for two weeks, state media reported.
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12 Killed After Coal Mine Collapses In Pakistan
The bodies of ten more miners were pulled from a collapsed coal pit in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, bringing the death count to 12 after the rescue bid ended.
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House Demolished, Tunnel Rescue Hero's Daughter Misses Class 10 Exam: Family
A teenage daughter of rat-hole mining expert Wakeel Hasan, who was involved in rescuing 41 labourers in Uttarakhand last year, missed her exam on Thursday due to the chaos caused by the demolition of their house, her family members claimed.
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Jharkhand Boy, 12, Falls Into 60-Foot Mine Pit, Rescued After Hours, Dies
A 12-year-old boy died in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Friday after he fell into a 60-foot-deep hole, and remained stuck there for at least five hours before being brought out, police said.
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"Advised Rat-Hole Mining After...": Tunnelling Expert Details Rescue Op
The "softly, softly" approach to drilling escape holes was key to freeing the 41 men trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told NDTV Wednesday.
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"They Hoisted Us Onto Their Shoulders": Rescuers On Meeting Tunnel Workers
Feroze Qureshi and Monu Kumar, experts in the rat-hole mining technique, were the first to meet the 41 labourers rescued from the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand after they cleared the last bit of the rubble inside the structure.
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Tunnel Rescue Official Was Told Rat-Hole Mining Is Illegal. Watch His Response
Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Live: The rat-hole mining technique, which was outlawed in 2014, was used to clear the last few meters in the operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 17 days.
