SK Singh, Asst Commandant NDRF on miners trapped in East Jaintia Hills #Meghalaya: Divers have come out now. They h… https://t.co/qRzVDw41AY — ANI (@ANI) 1546185833000 LUMTHARI: Divers from the Indian Navy and NDRF, who dived till around 70 feet down, have now come out of the 370-foot-deep mine in Meghalaya , where 15 miners are trapped, officials said.SK Singh, assistant commandant NDRF said the depth of the water inside the mine is too much. "The divers went till around 70 feet down but were not able to reach the ground level. The water is cold which makes the operation difficult," he said.He added, "Tomorrow, a Navy team will go inside the mine with sophisticated equipment that they've. We're hoping for a better output tomorrow."The team of divers wanted to ascertain the water level as they can operate up to 100 feet in a closed container-type situation, a district official said.Nearly 200 rescuers from various agencies are stationed at the site. The Odisha Fire Service team had brought 10 high-powered pumps with them.One of the major challenges faced by the rescuers is the non-availability of a mine map, as the insides of a rat-hole mine has several lateral passages making it difficult to dive in and search.The 10 pumps brought by the rescue team from Odisha have been kept on standby.East Jaintia Hills district SP Sylvester Nongtynger said that at least two pumps will have to be lowered down to the water level inside the mine shaft to begin the operation.Odisha chief fire officer S Sethi said his team was tasked with pumping water out and they are ready for the job."Our only concern is that if we install the pumps now, the carbon exhaust may suffocate the entire mine shaft," Sethi said.The remaining eight pumps will be placed at various locations identified in the area, he said.One high-powered submersible pumps with an output capacity of 500 gallons per minute is arriving Sunday from CIL Ranchi, CIL Kolkata GM A K Bharali said.Bharali, who arrived here four days ago, said that as soon as the generators and platforms are made available at the mine shaft, the pumping of water will begin.Five more pumps from CIL Centres in Ranchi, Dhandbad and Asansol are on road and are expected to arrive anytime, he said.A senior district official said a few pumps of Coal India Ltd have arrived in Guwahati and are expected to reach the site soon.A team of 25 CIL personnel are at the site and survey teams are doing their job, Bharali said.The miners have been trapped in the mine in the Ksan area of Lumthari village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district since December 13, after water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it.The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is coordinating the rescue operations with the help of Navy, the NDMA and Coal India Ltd."The Navy divers have reported that they have the capacity to go a depth of 100 feet, whereas the NDRF divers can go to a depth of 30 feet," East Jaintia Hills district SP Sylvester Nongtyngerthe said.

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