Six miners feared trapped in a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 31, 2021

Six persons are feared to be trapped in another tragic coal mine accident in coal rich district of East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya.

The incident took place at Umpleng area around 2 Km away from Jaintia Cement Ltd, Umpleng.

Meghalaya Police in a tweet said “Information has emanated from SP Silchar that 6 persons from Assam are trapped in a coal mine in EJ Hills.

The mine has been identified at Sutnga interior, under Umpleng AD camp and search operations are on. SP East Jaintia Hills Police and IG (L&O) are at the suspected PO.”

Information has emanated from SP Silchar that 6 persons from Assam are trapped in a coal mine in EJ Hills .

The mine has been identified at Sutunga interior, under umplemg AD camp and search operations are on .

SP @ejhpolice and IG (L&O) are at the suspected PO .

— Meghalaya Police (@MeghalayaPolice) May 31, 2021

SOS around 5/7 labours of Assam, one my neighbor working in Meghaloya died in coal accident. Administration not taking any proper action to recover the bodies since 2 days. Bodies are around 500 foot under the surface @cacharpolice @SangmaConrad@ndtv @assampolice @himantabiswa

— Karimul Bari (@MdKarimulBari) May 31, 2021