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Guwahati, Jan 17 : More than a month after 15 miners got trapped inside a 370-feet deep flooded coal mine at Ksan area in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, the Indian Navy divers on Thursday had finally managed to spot several skeletons inside the mine.
A top official said that, the Indian Navy divers have managed to spot few more skeletons in the main shaft.
Earlier, the Navel divers had spotted a miner body at a depth of over 200 feet inside the coal mine.
The Navy divers had spotted the body by using remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) at depths of 160 feet to 210 feet.
The extraction process is going on and the body has been pulled up to the mouth of the 370-feet mine.
On the other hand, the Deputy Commissioner of East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday evening has invited the family members three from Lumthari and two from Assam’s Chirang district to view the video provided by the ROV that the body has sign of decomposition and all efforts to retrieve the same and as per expert opinion it will lead to a total disintegration.
The body has been pulled up to 100 feet from 210 feet position originally detected from the shaft and many body parts have started to disengage.
Relatives of the some victims had reached at the spot and will furnish their views tomorrow.
On the other hand, the Odisha Fire Services on Thursday had operated their pump from 11 am till 3.30 pm and discharged 405000 litres water from the shaft.
The Coal India Limited also operated their pump from 2 shaft with each pumping of water for 19 hours discharged 4309200 litres water.
The Chennai based Planys Technology had operated their ROV and also carried out a SONAR (Sound Navigation and Raging) mapping of the shaft and detected one rat hole .
The NDRF provided assistance to other agencies with all the resources available.
Meanwhile, a doctor team has reached at the spot.
On the other hand, a meeting between the NDRF, Indian Navy, Odisha Fire Services, Coal India Limited, district administration and the experts is going on at the spot.
15 miners are trapped inside the mine since December 13 and rescue operations are being continued to trace the miners.
Yesterday, the Odisha Fire Services had operated their pump for six and half hours and managed to discharge 5.85 lakh litres water from the main shaft.
On the other hand, the Coal India Limited operated their pumps for 20 hours and discharged 22.68 lakh litres water.
