Meghalaya,5/2: At least 16 workers died in an explosion inside a “rat hole” coal mine in Meghalaya–once again exposing the hilly state government’s failure to stop the long problem of illegal and haphazard coal mining.
Police in Meghalaya said 16 bodies were recovered on Thursday morning from a coal mine at Thangsko village in East Jaintia Hills district, which had reported similar tragedies in the past too. A few more workers are feared still trapped inside the mines.
