Rescue operation continue to save 13 people trapped in Meghalaya's illegal mine

At least 13 persons were trapped due to flooding in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, police said Thursday.

The incident was reported to the district authorities on Thursday morning and since then efforts are on to rescue the labourers, officials said.

"As per verbal information received, 13 persons are trapped inside an illegal coal mine at Ksan village under the jurisdiction of Saipung police station," the Superintendent of

Police (SP) of East Jaintia Hills district, Sylvester Nongtynger, said.