Rescuers fight water and time to save Dima Hasao miners
The recovery of one body, identified as Ganga Bahadur Srestho from Nepal, presented difficulties for rescue efforts at a flooded coal mine in the Dima Hasao region of Assam on Wednesday. There are still eight stranded miners, and their chances of surviving are dwindling. The miners have been being rescued by a combined team of the Army, Navy, and emergency response agencies. However, the endeavor has been made more difficult by the mine's murky and corrosive water.
Special DGP Harmeet Singh emphasized the challenges in emptying the mine, pointing out that there appears to be an underground link to another water supply, which keeps the water level high. No more remains or evidence of the trapped miners have been found, despite the use of sophisticated equipment, such as a remote underwa...