<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">After 44 days, the remaining five bodies of labourers trapped inside the coal mine in Assam's Umrango district, were retrieved by rescue workers on Wednesday.&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The rescue personnel had implemented many techniques to dewater the flooded mine. However, rescue operations attempted by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were not successful. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">When the water levels went down on Wednesday, another attempt was made to recover the bodies. NDRF personnel finally brought out the bodies of five remaining labourers.&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Another body of a labourer trapped inside the coal mine in Assam&rsquo;s Umrangso was recovered on Wednesday, said state Minister Kaushik Rai.&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rai told reporters that the body of another labourer was taken out from the coal mine on Wednesday by the rescue force.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&ldquo;There were nine labourers trapped inside the mine. Earlier, the bodies of four labourers were rescued by the Army team and disaster response forces,&rdquo; the minister said.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A total of nine labourers have been trapped while five have been rescued so far after they got trapped inside the mine in Umrangso locality in Assam&rsquo;s Dima Hasao district in January.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&ldquo;Today, the dewatering of the Umrangso mines was completed to a level where retrieval operations could be launched. The mortal remains of the remaining five miners have been recovered and brought up from the mine shaft. The process to identify the remains has been initiated,&rdquo; said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Earlier, the chief minister announced an ex-gratia amount of ₹10 lakh for four labourers who died in the coal mine tragedy. Moreover, the families of the rest of the five labourers who also got trapped in the mine would also receive the same ex-gratia amount.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&ldquo;A judicial enquiry commission headed by Justice Anima Hazarika, former Judge of Gauhati High Court will be instituted to examine the matter and fix responsibility against responsible officers, individuals and institutions. An SoP will be framed regarding effecting a blanket ban on rat hole mining in the state,&rdquo; he added.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sarma also mentioned that an SIT will look into the whole incident, saying, &ldquo;An SIT will be constituted to enquire into the entire incident on the basis of the FIR already registered on the matter. The SIT will be monitored by Retd Justice Anima Hazarika.&rdquo;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The efforts to rescue trapped labourers from the coal mine in Assam's Umrangso locality in the Dima Hasao district were stalled after water continued to pour into the tunnel.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A special team of Army and Navy was brought to rescue the trapped labourers; however, they were not successful in the rescue attempt.</span></div>
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Rescue workers have retrieved remaining bodies after water levels went down on Wed

Assam Coal Mine Tragedy: All 5 Bodies Recovered

Rescue workers have retrieved remaining bodies after water levels went down on Wed

February 19, 2025 | 19:49 IST