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"There is no sign of dip in water level even after putting three pumps into service. The miners were now feared dead as water from a nearby river has been gushing into the 370-feet-deep pit.One person, identified as Krip Chullet, has been arrested so far pertaining to the case. "A person can survive without food for seven days depending on the reserves he has in his body. The oxygen supply inside the mine also determines the time period for which they could survive," he told reporters.Meanwhile, Congress MLA Azad Zaman, who visited the site on Sunday, claimed that one of the trapped miners was his relative. "It seems water from nearby Ltein river is refilling the mine even as the pumps are in operation," he said.The survival of the trapped miners depends on the oxygen supply, water level and the temperature inside, a doctor of a reputed hospital in Shillong said..