{"id":254826,"date":"2025-01-07T01:19:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T19:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=254826"},"modified":"2025-01-07T02:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:38:51","slug":"nine-labourers-trapped-inside-flooded-coal-mine-in-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/nine-labourers-trapped-inside-flooded-coal-mine-in-assam\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine labourers trapped inside flooded coal mine in Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guwahati, 6 Jan: Nine labourers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam&#8217;s Dima Hasao district on Monday, after a sudden gush of water flooded the site, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.<br \/>\nThe incident took place at the Assam Coal Quarry, situated in the 3 Kilo area of Umrangso in the district.<br \/>\nAccording to employees of the quarry, there were around 15 workers inside the mine, though the authorities did not confirm the number.<br \/>\nIn a post on X, the CM listed the names of the trapped labourers -Ganga Bahadur Shreth, Hussain Ali, Jakir Hussain, Sarpa Barman, Mustafa Seikh, Khushi Mohan Rai, Sanjit Sarkar, Lijan Magar and Sarat Goyary.<br \/>\nIn an earlier post, Sarma said, \u201cDistressing news from Umrangshu, where labourers are trapped in a coal mine. The exact number and status are yet unknown. The DC, SP and my colleague Kaushik Rai are rushing to the site. Praying to God for everyone&#8217;s safety.\u201d<br \/>\nRai is the state&#8217;s mine and mineral minister.<br \/>\nThe army&#8217;s assistance has been sought in the rescue operation, Sarma said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are also on their way to the incident site to aid in the efforts,\u201d the CM said.<br \/>\nDima Hasao Superintendent of Police (SP) Mayank Jha told reporters that several labourers are feared trapped.<br \/>\nEyewitness accounts and initial assessments suggest that the flooding occurred unexpectedly, leaving the workers unable to escape from the mine.<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/xtrends24.in\">.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nRescue operations were launched immediately with teams consisting of local authorities, emergency responders and mining experts working to locate and free the trapped workers, the officials said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guwahati, 6 Jan: Nine labourers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam&#8217;s Dima Hasao district on Monday, after a sudden gush of water flooded the site, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The incident took place at the Assam Coal Quarry, situated in the 3 Kilo area of Umrangso in the district. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-254826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}