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Four bodies recovered from flooded India coal mine
At least nine men were trapped in the 90-metre deep mine in the northeastern state of Assam when it was flooded on Monday
- PUBLISHED: Sat 11 Jan 2025, 4:37 PM
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- AFP
Indian search and rescue teams had recovered four bodies from a flooded coal mine by Saturday evening, days after gushing waters inundated the facility.
At least nine men were trapped in the 90-metre (300-foot) deep mine in the northeastern state of Assam when it was flooded on Monday.
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Divers spent the following days scouring the tunnels for signs of any survivors.
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Rescuers retrieved the first body on Tuesday with three more taken out on Saturday.
"The water level is receding inside the mine as pumps have been drawing out water," an official from the National Disaster Response Force told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to talk to media.
"Waters are still very high inside. But we could see see three bodies today and retrieved them."
Assam state chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told reporters that the mine had been shuttered 12 years ago and those inside the facility were there illegally.
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