May
27
/ 2024
"Three coal miners are trapped inside the illegal rat-hole miner after the landslide in Patkai hills. Among those trapped is Dawa Cherpa from Bhojpur in Nepal, and two workers are from Meghalaya, identified as John and Fenaal"
Officials the incident happened on Sunday, highlighting the precarious conditions rampant in such unauthorized mining operations, in total, four coal workers were engaged in the work of procuring illegal rat-hole mine, the official said.