No progress in miners’ rescue, Chennai-based firm joins operations; 1,200 cases of illegal quarrying under lens

Shillong | Monday | 14th January, 2019

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“The team joined on Sunday. “They are also preparing to pump out water from the next old shaft,” he said. A spokesperson for the operation, R Susngi, said Coal India Limited pumped out water from an old shaft. They are working with the Navy,” the official said.On Sunday, water continued to be pumped out from the main coal mine — where the miners are trapped — as well as old shafts near the main shaft. Personnel of the Odisha Fire Service and the Kirloskar Brothers Limited are also using sophisticated pumps to drain out water from the main shaft of the mine.Meanwhile, a three-member committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Meghalaya police to investigate into nearly 1,200 cases of illegal quarrying across the state..