Rescue operations for trapped miners called off in Meghalaya

"The National Disaster and Rescue Force (NDRF) have called off their mission to rescue any trapped miners and they have submitted a report citing that they found no trapped miners whose chances of survival are thin," District Deputy Commissioner R P Marak told PTI today.

A 31-member team of the Guwahati-based NDRF personnel called off their rescue mission after 14 hours of intense search and rescue operations by trained divers more than 100 meters underneath the earth