Miners still trapped in Meghalaya coal mine, heavy rain hampers rescue efforts on Day 2

Heavy rainfall has hampered rescue operations to rescue at least five miners who have been trapped for two days deep inside an illegal rat-hole coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.

Heavy rainfall on Tuesday is hampering operations to rescue at least five miners trapped for two days deep inside an illegal rat-hole coal pit in Meghalayas East Jaintia Hills district, officials said. The district administration has identified five miners — four from Assam and one from Tripura — who were trapped at the coal pit in the remote Umpleng area of Sutnga Elaka since Sunday when a dynamite blast had led to the flooding of the coal mine. Superintendent of Police in neighbouring Assams Silchar district had sent information to the authorities in Shillong about the possibility of six miners of his state being trapped in the mine.