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meghalaya mine news

Meghalaya illegal mine blast toll rises to 25, two arrested

Search and rescue operation underway after an explosion in an illegal coal mining site at Thangsku area, in East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya.
Updated on Feb 07, 2026 06:45 am IST

Meghalaya mine: Rescue suspended due to rains, flood

In this file photo taken on December 29, 2018, Indian National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel gather around a crane as Indian Navy divers are lifted with a pulley during rescue operations to help 15 miners trapped by flooding in an illegal coal mine in Ksan village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.
Published on Jun 08, 2019 12:24 am IST

Body spotted in Meghalaya mine, retrieval unclear

A joint rescue operation involving nearly 200 personnel from the NDRF, Indian Navy as well state agencies, has been on at a “rat-hole” mine at Khloo Ryngksan in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district for the past one month.
Published on Jan 17, 2019 10:46 pm IST

Body spotted in Meghalaya rat hole mine, but it can’t be pulled out yet

Navy’s underwater remote operated vehicle has spotted a body in a
Updated on Jan 17, 2019 07:45 pm IST

28 lakh litres pumped out of Meghalaya’s rat-hole mine, still no change in water level

Multi-agencies personnel used high-powered pumps to drain out 28 lakh litres of water from the main shaft, where 15 miners got trapped, but Navy divers on Thursday found no change in the water level in the rat-hole mine to resume search operation, officials said.
Updated on Jan 10, 2019 08:05 pm IST

Water levels in Meghalaya mine haven’t gone down since Dec 13: Centre to SC

NDRF personnel gather around a crane as Navy divers are lifted with a pulley during rescue operations to help 15 miners trapped by flooding in an illegal coal mine in Ksan village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.
Published on Jan 07, 2019 11:29 pm IST

Navy vehicle sent to determine visibility gets stuck at bottom of Meghalaya mine

Indian Navy divers are lowered into a mine with a pulley during rescue operations to help 15 miners trapped by flooding in an illegal coal mine in Ksan village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on December 30.
Updated on Jan 07, 2019 11:51 pm IST

2 killed in another Meghalaya mine collapse; fate of 15 trapped miners uncertain

Two miners were found dead on Sunday in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, who police suspect were killed by falling boulders that hit them while they were trying to extract coal, even as the fate of 15 people trapped in a flooded mine since December 13 is unknown.
Updated on Jan 07, 2019 08:31 am IST

Navy divers get inside Meghalaya coal mine; no trace yet of 15 trapped

Indian Navy personnel prepare diving equipment before entering a coal mine that collapsed in Ksan, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya, India, December 30, 2018.
Updated on Dec 30, 2018 09:19 pm IST