Navy’s ROV spots body in the Meghalaya mine where 15 men are trapped

Navy's underwater remote operated vehicle has spotted a body in a Meghalaya mine. The body was spotted at a depth of 60 feet and 210 feet approx. inside a rat-hole mine. A joint rescue operation involving local workers, NDRF and Indian Navy among others, with some equipment flown in from outside the state, has been on at the illegal rat-hole mine at Khloo Ryngksan in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, which was flooded on December 13 trapping the miners. Navy, NDRF and other agencies are involved in the rescue operations.