The Indian Navy today suspended the operation of pulling the body,
which was detected last week using an unmanned remotely-operated vehicle
(ROV) at a depth of around 160 feet inside a rat-hole mine at Ksan
village in East Jaintia Hills district.
“The pulling of the
remains, which the Indian Navy had tried since yesterday evening, was
suspended. The decision was taken as too much disintegration took place
with every pull by ROV jaw. We are waiting for further instruction from
the Government,” rescue operations spokesperson, R Susngi informed
today.
It may be mentioned that the families of four of the 15
miners trapped inside a 370-foot-deep coal mine in Meghalaya requested
rescuers on Saturday to retrieve a decomposed body spotted by the divers
so that they can perform the last rites.
Meanwhile, Susngi said
that the Coal India Limited (CIL) continue de-watering in the two old
shafts and run their pumps for 23 hours since yesterday evening till 5pm
today at a total of 46 hrs and the total discharged of water is
approximately 5216400 litres.
He also informed that the KSB
operated their pump from 5 pm yesterday evening till 5pm today with a
break of 1 hour for refueling adding that the pumping is altogether 23
hours and the total discharged of water is approximately 4554000 litres.
Meanwhile,
the rescue operations spokesperson informed that the Odhisa fire
service started their pump at 12 noon and continued till 5 pm and the
total discharged is approximately 450000 liters.
He further added that the NDRF also provided their assistance with all their resources available to other agencies.
