At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation. The miners became trapped on Monday morning in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,

Indian Navy team including deep sea divers arrives at the site, where three men have been confirmed dead and six are trapped.

By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI (Reuters) -Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.

Three miners are feared dead after a coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam was flooded, trapping 12 workers inside. Rescue teams have located three bodies but have not yet been able to recover them, local authorities in Assam’s Dima Hasao district said on Tuesday.

Navy divers from Visakhapatnam were deployed to speed up rescue operations alongside a 30-member team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and an eight-member unit from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).

The workers went down the mine at around 9am on Monday; and officials are yet to ascertain the cause of the flooding despite the absence of any rain in the region.

In response to an urgent call for assistance by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Indian Army on January 6, mobilized a specialized Relief Task Force to rescue miners trapped in Umrangso,