Public sector undertaking Coal India has deployed a high-capacity pump with a 500 GPM (gallons per minute) capacity to dewater the mine at Assam’s Dima Hasao district where efforts are on to search the trapped labourers.

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

The body of a miner was recovered from a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, two days into the search for nine men trapped below ground. The mine,

Several miners are trapped inside in a coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area since January 6. Reportedly, as of now only one body has been recovered from the mine, as teams from the Army and Navy work to rescue trapped miners.