Meghalaya mining mishap: Odisha Fire Service, NRDF remove water rat hole mine

GUWAHATI: Odisha Fire Service together with the NRDF on Monday removed water from the old shaft that lie few yards below the main shaft of a rat hole mine where 15 miners are trapped since December 13 last.

According to the official bulletin, the Indian Navy Divers along with the NRDF went down the main shaft at 4:30pm on Tuesday to check the water level under the main shaft and reported that it had not changed.

The district administration bulletin added, “The Odisha Fire Service will continue dewatering and expected that after eight hours pumping the water level can be determine”.


Indian Navy divers resumed the same action plan carried out in the main shaft.

Odisha Fire Service jointly with the NRDF after replacement of new cable , box and accessories etc. were able to dewater from the old shaft that lie few yards below the main shaft.

Some high power pumps from Coal India Limited have arrived.

On Tuesday the fire service Odisha stop pumping the water from the nearby old shaft located about 500 meters from the main shaft. After three hours pumping the water in the old shaft nearby was found that the water level in the nearby old shaft descending upto 6 inches.