Published: Friday, January 22, 2021, 17:09 [IST]
Guwahati, Jan 22: Six migrant workers lost their lives after they fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills. Altogether, six persons were killed. While the workers were digging a hole in the mine, suddenly the mechanical structure dismantled following which they fell into a pit and died, Deputy Commissioner E Kharmalki said.
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Five of the six deceased have been identified, the official said, adding, most of them are from neighbouring Assam. Kharmalki said it was not clear yet whether the workers were engaged in coal mining or stone mining activities.
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Meghayala: 6 migrant workers from Assam died after they fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest
Guwahati:
The bodies of six migrant workers from Assam were recovered Friday from deep inside a 150-foot pit at an illegally operated coal mine in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills - the same district in which over a dozen men disappeared inside an illegal rat-hole mine after it collapsed in December 2018.
6 Migrant Workers from Assam Killed in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills
Locals alleged the migrant workers whose bodies were found inside the pit this morning were digging an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills.
| 22 Jan 2021 11:39 AM GMT
SHILLONG: Six migrant workers from Assam died in a forest in Meghalaya after falling into a pit on Friday.
As per latest updates, the migrant workers all hailing from Assam fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest in Meghalaya s East Jaintia Hills.
All victims are from Ratabari area in Assam s Karimganj district.
Reportedly all the coal mine workers were digging a tunnel on late Thursday evening, January 21 in one of the coal mines near Rymbai village, however, government sources said there is no coal mine in the area and the workers were involved in cutting and shaping hard soil for other purposes.
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6 coal mine workers from Assam killed inside Meghalaya mine
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Fri, Jan 22 2021 15:51 IST |
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Shillong, Jan 22 Jan 22 : At least six people were killed when they were working inside a coal mine in Meghalaya s East Jaintia hills district on Friday, police said.
Confirming the death , East Jaintia Hills district superintendent of police Deepak Kumar Palecha told IANS over phone from district headquarters Khliehriat that he is collecting details of the incident.
Official sources said that all six coal mine workers, who hailed from Karimganj district of southern Assam and were digging a tunnel in one of the illegal coal mines near Rymbai village, died on the spot as they fell into the mine after the machine, which they were using to dig the channel, broke.