National Disaster Management Authority to start rescue operation on Sunday

GUWAHATI: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) team, which that was airlifted by Indian Air Force from Bhubaneswar on Saturday, visited the site of the mining collapse in Ksan village of Meghalaya where 15 miners are trapped since December 13 last. It will begin rescue operations on Sunday.

A senior official in state government told ET, “The team has visited the area and will launch operation on Sunday.”

15 member diving team from Indian Navy has reached the site from Visakhapatnam to assist in rescue operation for missing miners in Meghalaya.


The official said, “The NDMA team has come with high power pumps. The Navy team has transported special diving equipment including a re-compression chamber and remotely operated vehicles capable of searching underwater. There is no site map available. The number of miners trapped inside can be more no one knows the exact number.”

Coal India Limited has requisitioned high power pumps from its different subsidiaries and they are on way. The mining site is at least 200km from Guwahati.

On April 17 2014, National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned the rat hole mining, a practice unique to Meghalaya.