13 young miners feared dead in India’s remote northeast
GAUHATI, India — Thirteen young miners were missing and feared dead following the collapse of a shaft and flooding of a coal mine they were digging illegally in India’s remote northeast, police said Friday.
Rescuers were attempting to pump water out of the mine, which flooded Wednesday, police said. National Disaster Response Force workers joined local authorities in the rescue effort.
Police said rescuers can only reach the miners after the water is removed from the mine.
Those missing are believed to be teenage boys used by illegal mining groups to enter “rat hole’” mines with small openings.