A team of rescue personnel from the Odisha Fire Services left for Meghalaya on Friday morning with high-powered pumps to help find 15 people trapped for over two weeks in a mine in Meghalaya. The pumps are expected to reach Meghalaya by Friday evening.
The miners have been trapped in the illegal rat-hole mine in East Jaintia Hills district since December 13 after it got flooded by water from a nearby river. The mine is filled with 70 feet of water, making it inaccessible to the rescue workers.