The accident occurred in Dimapur Hasao district when water rushed into a coal mine from a nearby disused mine.
At least nine miners are trapped in a coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
The accident occurred in Dimapur Hasao district when water rushed into a coal mine from a nearby disused mine.
– [Työläisten] is feared to have become stuck 91 meters underground after water rushed in from a nearby disused mine. We are mobilizing resources to save them, state administration minister Kaushik Rai tells news agency AP.
Army soldiers and a disaster management team have been sent to the scene.
The miners say at the scene of the accident that more than 12 people would have been stuck, and that some of the workers would have been able to escape when the quarry filled with water.
Illegal mining is common in the eastern and northeastern parts of India, and accidents also occur regularly.
Source: AP