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In Guwahati, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the mine was earlier run by the state’s mines and minerals department but was abandoned 12 years ago, calling Monday’s mining operation “illegal”.

A 12-member special rescue team of Coal India reaches the site of the coal mine of 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district to help in the search and rescue operations to locate and rescue 8 other workers who are trapped in the inundated rat-hole mine.

At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state and authorities have summoned the army to help in the rescue operation

By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI (Reuters) -Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.

Dewatering continues in Assam's abandoned coal mine to aid rescue efforts for trapped miners. Chief Minister clarifies mine's legal status.

GUWAHATI: Water levels have receded at the ill-fated rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, where eight miners have been trapped since Monday follow

At least nine workers remained trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.

Coal India has brought in a pump of 500 GPM (gallons per minute) to dewater the mine. The installation of this pump is now underway.

A survivor of a coal mine disaster in India has shared a harrowing account of the moments after the tunnel was suddenly engulfed by water. Ravi Rai was working in the mine in the north-eastern state of Assam on Monday morning when water entered the pit.

Rescuers in India are racing against time to bring out miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in the north-eastern state of Assam. Three of the nine men inside were feared dead, Reuters reported, after the state government said rescue teams had spotted some bodies they have been unable to reach.

The Assam cabinet on Friday approved the classification of oil palms as a cash crop, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The cabinet also approved guidelines for the declaration of industrial estates for the promotion and development of wood-based industries,