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He has rushed a team to assess the actual needs:what kind of pumps would best work in local conditions. Both are expected to reach the mine, in the Ksan area of Lumthari village, on Friday. Odisha Fire Service personnel leave for Meghalaya in a special aircraft from Bhubaneswar to join rescue operation o… https://t.co/KyeLHlHrht — TOI Bhubaneswar (@TOIBhubaneswar) 1545971254000SHILLONG: Two weeks since at least 15 miners got trapped in a flooded coal mine in East Jaintia Hills, help has finally started comingin.Congress MP Shashi Tharoor intervened to rope in a private pump manufacturing company. For the past two weeks, rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and Meghalaya Police have been grappling with water seeping in through fracture points they have not been able to fully map while trying to drain water out of the rat-hole mine.“Have been speaking to Sanjay Kirloskar, chief of @KBLPumps, about helping in the crisis in Meghalaya. Government officials will also assess the condition of the road to the remote village before planning what equipment can be taken to the site.The search-and-rescue operation was suspended on Saturday after there was no change in the water level despite days of water being pumped out..