Lytein River

Time running out for trapped miners, hope Coal India Ltd acts on our plea for special pumps, says Meghalaya CM

The miners were trapped after water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into the illegal rat-hole mine at Ksan area in Lumthari village.

13 miners still trapped in flooded mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills; operation in-charge absconding

Thirteen people remain trapped in a flooded illegal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district even a day after the incident as efforts to pump out water, which has been continuing since Thursday, failed to yield any result.