Indian Navy divers recovered the body of one of the nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Wednesday. They were trapped on Monday after the mine became inundated with water.

At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state and authorities have summoned the army to help in the rescue operation

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Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.

Body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in the Dima Hasao district of Assam was recovered by army divers on Wednesday. It was the third day of the rescue operations, officials said.