SC to hear plea seeking urgent steps to rescue trapped miners in Meghalaya

Families of trapped miners in Meghalaya have lost all their hope and have requested the government to retrieve the bodies for last rites

As family members of trapped miners lose hope, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea seeking urgent steps to rescue the 15 miners who have been trapped inside an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13. 

The families of miners, trapped inside a flooded coal pit for 21 days in Meghalaya, said they had lost all hope on them being alive even as rescuers struggle to dewater the pit.

The matter was mentioned on Wednesday for urgent listing