GUWAHATI: The fate of five miners, who got trapped inside a rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya, is still not known as the search and rescue operation on Tuesday was affected by the rains. The miners were trapped after a dynamite blast flooded the pit on Sunday evening in the coal-rich East Jaintia Hills.
Teams of the State Disaster Response Force and the Fire Service were engaged in rescue operation, while NDRF would be roped in if there is no breakthrough by Wednesday. East Jaintia Hills District Magistrate, E Kharmalki said some 35 personnel of the SDRF and the Fire Service were engaged in the operation.
