Meghalaya coal mine blast death toll rises to 27: NDRF official
NDRF Commandant HPS Kandari told ANI that two bodies have been recovered.
NDRF Commandant HPS Kandari told ANI that two bodies have been recovered.
Officials also confirmed that two other persons, who had sustained serious injuries in the explosion and the subsequent fire at the illegal mine, later died while undergoing treatment
In a significant breakthrough for Meghalaya's mining sector, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma virtually inaugurated the state’s first scientific coal mine in East Jaintia Hills on Monday.
The miners have been trapped in a ‘rat-hole’ mine since December 13 after water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it.
