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"Assured Us, But...": Tunnel Rescue Hero's SOS After House Demolished
One of the houses that was razed in the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) recent demolition drive belonged to Vakeel Hasan, a rat-hole miner who played a key role in the Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation last year.
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3 Workers Killed In Illegal "Rat Hole" Mine In Assam, 5 Arrested
Assam Police said inhalation of some poisonous gas like methane could have led to the death of the coal miners who were all aged below 30 years
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Third Body Fished Out Of Flooded Illegal Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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5 Feared Trapped In Meghalaya Mine For 12 Days, Navy Called For Help
The Meghalaya government has sought help from the Indian Navy as the rescue operation for trapped miners inside an illegal coal mine hasn't made any headway so far.
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Second Body Detected Inside "Rat-Hole" Mine Where 15 Miners Were Trapped
Another decomposed body of a miner who died inside a flooded rat-hole mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills was found today, officials said. This is the second body to be recovered since rescuers started pumping out water from the illegal mine that collapsed on December 13 last year in the north-east state where coal mining is banned. Fifteen mine...
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Miner Whose Body Was Retrieved From "Rat Hole" Mine Identified By Family
The body of a miner that was retrieved from the illegal "rat hole" mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills on Thursday, has been identified by his relatives. 15 miners had disappeared into the mine on December 13 last year.
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Meghalaya Miner's Body Pulled Out From Flooded Mine, Six Weeks After 15 Were Trapped
42 days after 15 miners were trapped in a flooded illegal "rat hole" mine in Meghalaya, the Indian Navy today managed to recover a decomposed body from the 370-feet deep mine. The body has been sent for a post-mortem.
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Underwater Robotics Team From Chennai Joins Meghalaya Mine Rescue Ops
A team sent by a Chennai-based company that specialises in submersible robotic inspections joined the operation to rescue the 15 miners trapped for a month now, inside a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya.
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Navy Vehicle Maps Rat Hole Access At Meghalaya Mine
As part of the ongoing efforts to rescue trapped miners from a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya, Navy's Remotely Operated Vehicle probes, up to a distance of 100 feet, have been successfully undertaken inside two identified rat holes.
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Trapped Meghalaya Miner's Father Wants To Rappel Down To look For His Son
Solibar Rahman stopped working in Meghalaya's illegal coal mines in 2012. The native of Bhangnamari village in western Assam's Chirang district is, however, confident of his skills and is now bracing for one last attempt to rappel down the 380-foot coal mine at Ksan in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district to search for his son, who had not retur...
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Top Court To Hear Plea Seeking Urgent Steps To Rescue Miners In Meghalaya
The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Thursday a plea seeking urgent steps to rescue 15 miners who have been trapped inside an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13.
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In Meghalaya, Illegal Mining Of Coal Has Political Support, Claims Report
In the last few weeks, the rat hole mine incident in Meghalaya has exposed the illegal mining of coal rampant here despite a carpet ban since 2014. Fifteen miners continue to be trapped inside a flooded 320-feet coal mine which collapsed 16 days ago. But almost all political parties in Meghalaya want the ban to go.
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Foul Smell, Wait For Bigger Pumps: Meghalaya Miners' Rescue Nears Week 3
An Indian heavy equipment-maker that sent powerful pumps to Thailand to save 12 boys trapped in a cave in July has offered help in the search for 15 people trapped in a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya for two weeks. The Meghalaya government has said it is speeding up rescue efforts after divers at the site reported they detected foul smell in the cave, ...
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Rising Water As Rescuers Hunt For Meghalaya Miners Trapped For 2 Weeks
The search and rescue operations to look for 15 miners trapped since December 13 at a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya have stopped now. Two 25-horsepower (hp) pumps used to drain out the flooded illegal mine in the state's East Jaintia Hills were ineffective, officials said. Water from a nearby river kept flooding the mine, they said.
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Authorities Temporarily Suspend Operations To Rescue Meghalaya Miners
Authorities in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Monday temporarily suspended operations to rescue 15 miners trapped in a 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in Ksan area of Lumthari village since December 13.
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"Assured Us, But...": Tunnel Rescue Hero's SOS After House Demolished
One of the houses that was razed in the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) recent demolition drive belonged to Vakeel Hasan, a rat-hole miner who played a key role in the Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation last year.
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3 Workers Killed In Illegal "Rat Hole" Mine In Assam, 5 Arrested
Assam Police said inhalation of some poisonous gas like methane could have led to the death of the coal miners who were all aged below 30 years
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Third Body Fished Out Of Flooded Illegal Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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5 Feared Trapped In Meghalaya Mine For 12 Days, Navy Called For Help
The Meghalaya government has sought help from the Indian Navy as the rescue operation for trapped miners inside an illegal coal mine hasn't made any headway so far.
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Second Body Detected Inside "Rat-Hole" Mine Where 15 Miners Were Trapped
Another decomposed body of a miner who died inside a flooded rat-hole mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills was found today, officials said. This is the second body to be recovered since rescuers started pumping out water from the illegal mine that collapsed on December 13 last year in the north-east state where coal mining is banned. Fifteen mine...
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Miner Whose Body Was Retrieved From "Rat Hole" Mine Identified By Family
The body of a miner that was retrieved from the illegal "rat hole" mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills on Thursday, has been identified by his relatives. 15 miners had disappeared into the mine on December 13 last year.
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Meghalaya Miner's Body Pulled Out From Flooded Mine, Six Weeks After 15 Were Trapped
42 days after 15 miners were trapped in a flooded illegal "rat hole" mine in Meghalaya, the Indian Navy today managed to recover a decomposed body from the 370-feet deep mine. The body has been sent for a post-mortem.
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Underwater Robotics Team From Chennai Joins Meghalaya Mine Rescue Ops
A team sent by a Chennai-based company that specialises in submersible robotic inspections joined the operation to rescue the 15 miners trapped for a month now, inside a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya.
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Navy Vehicle Maps Rat Hole Access At Meghalaya Mine
As part of the ongoing efforts to rescue trapped miners from a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya, Navy's Remotely Operated Vehicle probes, up to a distance of 100 feet, have been successfully undertaken inside two identified rat holes.
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Trapped Meghalaya Miner's Father Wants To Rappel Down To look For His Son
Solibar Rahman stopped working in Meghalaya's illegal coal mines in 2012. The native of Bhangnamari village in western Assam's Chirang district is, however, confident of his skills and is now bracing for one last attempt to rappel down the 380-foot coal mine at Ksan in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district to search for his son, who had not retur...
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Top Court To Hear Plea Seeking Urgent Steps To Rescue Miners In Meghalaya
The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Thursday a plea seeking urgent steps to rescue 15 miners who have been trapped inside an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13.
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In Meghalaya, Illegal Mining Of Coal Has Political Support, Claims Report
In the last few weeks, the rat hole mine incident in Meghalaya has exposed the illegal mining of coal rampant here despite a carpet ban since 2014. Fifteen miners continue to be trapped inside a flooded 320-feet coal mine which collapsed 16 days ago. But almost all political parties in Meghalaya want the ban to go.
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Foul Smell, Wait For Bigger Pumps: Meghalaya Miners' Rescue Nears Week 3
An Indian heavy equipment-maker that sent powerful pumps to Thailand to save 12 boys trapped in a cave in July has offered help in the search for 15 people trapped in a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya for two weeks. The Meghalaya government has said it is speeding up rescue efforts after divers at the site reported they detected foul smell in the cave, ...
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Rising Water As Rescuers Hunt For Meghalaya Miners Trapped For 2 Weeks
The search and rescue operations to look for 15 miners trapped since December 13 at a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya have stopped now. Two 25-horsepower (hp) pumps used to drain out the flooded illegal mine in the state's East Jaintia Hills were ineffective, officials said. Water from a nearby river kept flooding the mine, they said.
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Authorities Temporarily Suspend Operations To Rescue Meghalaya Miners
Authorities in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Monday temporarily suspended operations to rescue 15 miners trapped in a 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in Ksan area of Lumthari village since December 13.
