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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - NEW DELHI — At least 18 miners have died after an explosion at an illegally-operated coal mine in northeastern India, police said.
Police on Thursday said they had pulled 18 bodies from the blast site, located in a remote part of East Jainta Hills district in Meghalaya state.
Eight others were wounded in the incident, one of them seriously, said local official Manish Kumar. It is unclear how many workers were at the site during the explosion, said police.
Rescue operations are on and some people are still feared trapped, police say, adding that the blast occurred around 11:00 local time (5:30 GMT) on Thursday.
Superintendent of the state police Vikash Kumar told reporters that the accident happened due to rat-hole mining — a hazardous method which involves the use of dynamite to break open narrow tunnels through which workers crouch to extract coal.
Rat-hole mining has continued in the state despite a blanket ban in place, activists say.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced financial assistance of 200,000 rupees ($2,215, £1,636) for the deceased and 50,000 rupees for the injured.
The mine was located in a forested area 72km (45 miles) away from state capital Shillong.
The police are yet to identify the people who owned and operated the mine, while a case has been registered against unidentified people. They are also yet to ascertain identities of the victims.
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"Accountability will be fixed, and those responsible will face strict legal action," Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said in a statement.
Some locals, who say they had interacted with the miners recently, told reporters that most of those killed were from the neighboring state of Assam.
The blast is among the deadliest mining accidents in Meghalaya in recent years. In 2018, at least 15 miners were trapped after water from a nearby river filled a rat-hole mine, with rescue operations lasting months. While five miners escaped, bodies of two were later recovered, the rest were eventually assumed dead.
Fatal accidents linked to illegal coal mining have been reported across several Indian states in recent years, including Gujarat, Jharkhand, Assam and West Bengal.
Officials and activists say high demand for coal, poverty in mining regions, weak enforcement in remote areas and alleged political patronage allow unsafe, unregulated mining to persist, often using rudimentary methods without safety equipment, leading to repeated loss of life. — Agencies
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