All bodies in Meghalaya’s killer coalmines do not belong to miners, activists in the hill State said. At least 15 miners have been trapped due to flooding of the mine at Ksan since December 13. Her decomposed body was exhumed almost three months later from an abandoned coalmine at Umtah near Jayliah village in EJH district. According the Jaintia Coal Mines Owners and Dealers’ Association, there are about 60,000 mines spread across 360 villages in EJH. The EJH district authorities had more than a fortnight ago issued a list of 15 trapped miners.

Source: The Hindu January 20, 2019 16:58 UTC