Assam: Indian rescuers race to save people trapped in flooded rat hole

The mine is located in the mountainous area of ​​Dima Hasao district.

The area is very “remote” and “difficult to reach,” Mayank Kumar Jha, a senior police officer in the area, told Reuters.

Mine-related disasters are not uncommon in northeastern India.

In December 2018, at least 15 people were trapped in an illegal mine in the neighboring state of Meghalaya after overflowing water from a nearby river.

Five miners managed to escape, but rescue operations for the others continued until the first week of March next year. Only two bodies were recovered.

In January 2024, six workers were killed in a rat-ridden coal mine fire in Nagaland.

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