East Jaintia Hills, Feb. 7 -- Despite facing many challenges, the NDRF personnel have successfully recovered 6 out of 24 bodies so far from the coal mine site at Mysyngat of Thangsko area in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.

Several labourers were trapped inside an illegal coal mine at Mysyngat of the Thangsko area on February 5 following an explosion.

HPS Kandari, Commandant of the 1st Battalion of NDRF, told ANI that there are challenges in the rat-holes.

"We have attended other coal mine incidents also, such as a flooding coal mine. For the first time, we are participating in this type of operation. The depth of this coal mine is approximately 100 feet, and then there are rat-holes. Challenges are in the rat-holes. Earlier, t...