NDRF is conducting a joint rescue operation with Army. Air Force helicopters have also joined the rescue operation.

Indian Navy divers recovered the body of one of the nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Wednesday. They were trapped on Monday after the mine became inundated with water.

The unchanged level of murky water has affected the operations to rescue at least eight miners trapped inside a rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district since the morning of January 6.

Efforts to rescue eight labourers trapped in a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district are on as specialized navy divers work alongside the army and the National Disaster Response Force personnel.

Additionally, four deep divers from the Navy also went inside the flooded shaft to find the trapped miners, the official said.

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,

Indian Navy team equipped with deep diving gear and ROVs aiding in search and rescue operations in Assam's Umrangso.

Three workers are confirmed dead in the Assam coal mine disaster. Efforts are on to rescue others trapped, with Army, NDRF, SDRF, and Navy divers involved in the operations.