"What Will Happen To Us?" Long Wait For Assam Rat Hole Miner's Wife, Baby | Read
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.
Lijan Magar, 27, spoke to his wife Junu Pradhan just before he went inside the 'rat hole' on what seemed like another day for him and several others working at the site. She has not heard from him since.
'Rat hole' mining is a dangerous and illegal method in which narrow tunnels are dug leading to deep pits to extract coal, compromising the safety of the workers.
