The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday started removing water at the Dima Hasao coal mine to rescue 8 people who have been trapped since Monday.

On Monday morning, at least nine workers aged between 26 and 57 were trapped in a coal mine in 3 Kilo, Umrangso, in the hilly district of Dima Hasao.

At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.The miners became trapped on Monday morning in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,

In a devastating incident in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, nine laborers are feared trapped inside a rat hole mine in Umrangso. The mine, located approximately 300 feet deep, has been flooded with water up to 100 feet,

The body of one of the nine workers who were trapped in an inundated coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao was recovered by search and rescue teams on Wednesday morning.

Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.

Rescuers try to reach nine men trapped in a flooded coal mine in India's Assam:::: Authorities say at least three miners are feared deadIn a statement the local government said three bodies have been spotted by rescue teams but have not yet been recovered.