44 Days On, Bodies Of Remaining 5 Workers Recovered From Assam Mine

Five more bodies of workers who were trapped inside an illegal 'rat-hole' coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district have been recovered, 44 days after the structure was flooded, trapping nine.

Water gushed into the 310-foot deep 3 Kilo Coal Quarry in Dima Hasao district's Umrangso on January 6 and several teams, including Navy divers, had been deployed to rescue the trapped labourers. The bodies of four of the labourers had been pulled out earlier and the Assam government said all of the trapped workers are now accounted for.

The body of one of the workers was recovered on January 8 and three other bodies were found three days later.