The Indian Navy has dispatched a specialised team to assist in the rescue of miners trapped in the flooded coal mine in Umrangso, a remote industrial town in Dima Hasao district of Assam.
The team, comprising one officer and 11 sailors, includes highly trained clearance divers skilled in deep depth diving and recovery operations, and is on site, a Defence Ministry statement said.
The team is fully equipped for this critical and sensitive mission, carrying specialised equipment such as deep diving gears and underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) for search and rescue.
The effort is being conducted in close coordination with the Indian Army, NDRF and the local civil administration to ensure an immediate and effective response.
The Indian Navy team from Visakhapatnam arrived at the site on Tuesday, in a closely coordinated airlift by the IAF.
With intensive search and rescue operations underway, regular information is being exchanged with all agencies involved to facilitate a smooth and timely rescue operation.
A body has been recovered from a flooded coal mine in the 3 Kilo area of Umrangso, where nine workers had been trapped on Monday.
The Miners were trapped after water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district.
