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Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Varanasi Zone, Piyush Mordia, on Sunday, said clearing the rubble is taking time due to several large stones.
The state government have funded events organised by the Union Ministry of Mines.
The incident happened when the vigilance team along with senior officials of the state-owned company went inside the mine for an inspection.
At least five people have been identified by the district administration - four from Assam and one from Tripura- who got stuck somewhere inside the rat-hole mine.
The water in the 370-feet-deep rat hole mine initially increased after the levels in the nearby Lytein river went up.
The National Green Tribunal has banned unscientific and unsafe rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya in 2014.
The Odisha Fire and Emergency Services would press their 10 high-powered pumps on Sunday to dewater the flooded mine.
According to the authorities, the ventilation system inside the mine has started functioning again and rescue operations were underway.
The miners were trapped inside the illegal mine in Lumthari village of East Jaintia Hills district on December 13 after water from the nearby Lytein river gushed in.
The miners were trapped on December 13 when their illegal mine was flooded.
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