4 killed in Nagaland following mudslides in illegal coal mine
Four miners were killed following mudslides at an illegal coal mine at Yonglok village in Longleng district of Nagaland, police said today. The incident happened yesterday when the four victims, all from Assam, had gone to the abandoned mine to collect their belongings. They reportedly got stuck inside the open-cast mine on the Assam-Nagaland border following the mudslides, said the police. Here's more.
Mine was shut down after state government banned illegal coal-mining
The mine was recently shut down following a state government order banning illegal coal-mining and a provisional ban on licensed mining activity. The victims, hailing from upper Assam, have been identified as Jiten Tanti (40), Krishna Gogoi (32), Tutu Deka (28) and Shushan Phukon (37).
Incident occurred within three months of Meghalaya mine tragedy
Post-mortem wasn't done on the bodies at the request of victims' families. The bodies were delivered to the families after an undertaking. The Nagaland incident has occurred within three months of the Meghalaya mine-tragedy in which 15 miners were trapped in an illegal rat-hole mine in East Jaintia Hills district. Rescuers have been able to retrieve only two highly decomposed bodies from the quarry.
