3 Miners Feared Dead in India’s Assam State, 6 Others Trapped

3 Miners Feared Dead in India’s Assam State, 6 Others Trapped
Divers use a pulley to enter a coal mine to rescue trapped miners in Umrangso, a remote area in the northeastern state of Assam, India, on Jan. 7, 2025. Stringer/Reuters
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GUWAHATI—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.

The mine, in an area controlled by the state government, appeared to be illegal, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on social media platform X, adding that local police had arrested one person in connection with the case.