Meghalaya mine collapse: Retrieval of body becomes hard, operations suspended
Meghalaya mine collapse: Retrieval of body becomes hard, operations suspended
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In Meghalaya, Days after spotting the body of one of the 15 missing miners, the Indian Navy suspended operations to get back it mentioning “too much disintegration.”  As per officials report, The body was spotted at a depth of 160 feet and at a lateral distance of 210 feet in a rat-hole tunnel with the help of footage from an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

Meanwhile, the Meghalaya government is likely to apprise the Supreme Court of the problems in continuing with the search-and-rescue operations. The Navy will now put forward its observations before the top court and then act according to the suggestions.

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Operation spokesperson R Susngi state  that “The Navy today suspended the pulling of the remains, which they had been trying since yesterday evening, as too much disintegration (of the body) took place with every pull by the ROV jaw,”

The 15 miners are trapped inside an illegal rat-hole mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills for over a month now. Sangma said since December 26, about 2 crore litres of water had been pumped out, but “the water level has not gone down”.

Earlier, The Navy had said that there is a probability of the body breaking into pieces and disintegrating if attempts are made to get back it. However, the families of those trapped inside since December 13, 2018, now at least want their bodies recovered — even if it’s just a finger, a hand or a leg.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said the retrieval is difficult because of two reasons – the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) which detected it cannot pull it out because the body is too heavy for it and it is not possible for rescue divers to go inside the mine because of the water level. Also, Sangma said the body was decomposing. “The body is soft. Every time they are trying to pull it’s coming off some pieces,” Sangma had said.

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