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Bodies of 5 remaining workers recovered 44 days after Assam coal mine mishap | Latest News India

Bodies of 5 remaining workers recovered 44 days after Assam coal mine mishap | Latest News India

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GUWAHATI: The bodies of five workers, who had been missing since last month after an illegal coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district got flooded, were recovered by rescue workers on Wednesday. On January 6, nine workers got trapped in an illegal rathole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district following flooding from an underground aquifer. (PTI) On January 6, nine workers got trapped in an illegal rathole coal mine at Umrangso following flooding from an underground aquifer. The bodies of four of them were recovered. However, the five others had remained untraced. “Bodies of all five workers who had remained missing for the past 44 days were found on Wednesday by rescue workers from NDRF (National Disaster Response Force), Indian Army and other agencies after the water level in the mine, which is around 300-feet deep, came down to nearly one foot,” Simanta Kumar Das, deputy commissioner of Dima Hasao, said. The five workers who had remained missing were Hussain Ali (30), Zakir Hussain (38), Mustafa Sheikh (44), all from Darrang district of Assam, …

Keen contest for SCCL recognised trade union election, campaigning draws to a close

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December 26, 2023 12:59 am | Updated 12:59 am IST – PEDDAPALLI/BHADRADRI-KOTHAGUDEM The stakes are high for the Congress party’s trade union wing INTUC-affiliated Singareni Coal Mines Labour Union (SCMLU) and the Singareni Collieries Workers Union (SCWU), an affiliate of the AITUC, the trade union arm of the CPI, in the election to the recognised union of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) to be held on December 27. Campaigning for the SCCL-recognised union elections drew to a close at 5 p.m. on Monday. Notwithstanding the Congress party and the CPI alliance in the just concluded Assembly elections, the trade unions affiliated to both the parties are contesting the SCCL trade union elections separately. In all, as many as 13 trade unions operating in the SCCL including those affiliated to the Central trade unions are in the fray. The resignation of the three top leaders of the BRS-affiliated Telangana Boggu Ghani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS) including its president B. Venkata Rao on Thursday rendered a big blow to the TBGKS, which held the coveted recognised …