Guwahati, Feb. 20 -- After 44 days, the bodies of the remaining five miners who were trapped inside the flooded rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao district were recovered by the rescue teams on Wednesday.

9 miners were trapped inside the coal mine on January 6 after water suddenly entered the mine and rat-hole coal mine got flooded.

Earlier, the rescue teams of NDRF, Indian army, Indian Navy, SDRF, and Assam Rifles recovered four bodies.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote on X, "Today, the dewatering of the Umrangso mines was completed to a level where retrieval operations could be launched. The mortal remains of the remaining 5 miners have been recovered and brought up from the mine shaft. The...