Nine workers were trapped inside the mine in Umrangso, a remote industrial town near the Assam-Meghalaya border, on Monday when it was flooded by a sudden gush of water.

This is the second body rescued by teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Army and Assam Rifles. The deceased miner, whose body was recovered at 7:36 AM has been identified as Lt. Lijen Magar, (27) a resident of Kalamati village in the district.

Nine workers were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district after a sudden gush of water flooded the quarry.

The body of another worker, who was trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district, was recovered on Saturday from the quarry during rescue operations, an official said.

Guwahati: The body of another worker, who was trapped inside a coal mine in Assam 's Dima Hasao district, was recovered on Saturday from the quarry during rescue operations, an official said Two bodies have so far been recovered with the first one brought out from the quarry on Wednesday, he said.

By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI (Reuters) -Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.

Indian army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Wednesday. The miners became trapped on Monday when water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,

Indian authorities have summoned the army to help rescue at least nine workers who are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in the country's northeastern Assam state.

The body of one of the nine miners trapped in a 'rat hole' coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered on Wednesday by a diving team from the Indian Army.