{"id":135277,"date":"2025-02-19T18:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T13:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=135277"},"modified":"2025-02-19T18:51:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T13:21:05","slug":"tragic-recovery-bodies-of-two-miners-found-in-controversial-coal-mine-in-umrangso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=135277","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Recovery: Bodies of Two Miners Found in Controversial Coal Mine in Umrangso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/New-Logo-Smal-2.jpg?resize=191%2C53&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"53\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">By- Kamrul Khan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">wo bodies of workers have been recovered from the cursed Kalamatir coal mine in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=133841\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Umrangso<\/a>. The recovery team found the bodies after approximately 44 days. The identities of the two bodies recovered on Wednesday have not yet been established.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135287\" style=\"width: 1472px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Bodies of Two Miners Found in Controversial Coal Mine in Umrangso\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-135287 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Building-In-Sisha-Golai-Gangtok-Goes-Up-In-Flames-87.jpg?resize=1472%2C832&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bodies of Two Miners Found in Controversial Coal Mine in Umrangso\" width=\"1472\" height=\"832\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Building-In-Sisha-Golai-Gangtok-Goes-Up-In-Flames-87.jpg?w=1472&amp;ssl=1 1472w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Building-In-Sisha-Golai-Gangtok-Goes-Up-In-Flames-87.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Building-In-Sisha-Golai-Gangtok-Goes-Up-In-Flames-87.jpg?resize=1024%2C579&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Building-In-Sisha-Golai-Gangtok-Goes-Up-In-Flames-87.jpg?resize=768%2C434&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Building-In-Sisha-Golai-Gangtok-Goes-Up-In-Flames-87.jpg?resize=750%2C424&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Building-In-Sisha-Golai-Gangtok-Goes-Up-In-Flames-87.jpg?resize=1140%2C644&amp;ssl=1 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Bodies of Two Miners Found in Controversial Coal Mine in Umrangso<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The rescue operation is still ongoing at the site, conducted by teams from the SDRF and NDRF. It is noteworthy that, according to government information, three workers are still trapped in the mine&#8217;s tunnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By- Kamrul Khan Two bodies of workers have been recovered from the cursed Kalamatir coal mine in Umrangso. The recovery team found the bodies after approximately 44 days. The identities of the two bodies recovered on Wednesday have not yet been established. The rescue operation is still ongoing at the site, conducted by teams from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"Ongoing Rescue Operations Continue as Government Scrutinizes Safety Protocols"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[39213,41401,41399,39227,41404,41408,41394,41400,41402,41409,41405,41398,41403,41410,41406,41397,41407,39261,41395,41396],"class_list":["post-135277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-assam-coal-mine","tag-bodies-recovered","tag-coal-mine-accident","tag-coal-mine-disaster","tag-coal-mine-tragedy","tag-government-rescue-efforts","tag-kalamatir-coal-mine","tag-mine-recovery-efforts","tag-mine-safety","tag-mine-worker-identities","tag-mining-accidents-in-india","tag-ndrf-rescue-team","tag-ongoing-rescue-operation","tag-recovery-team","tag-rescue-operation-updates","tag-sdrf-rescue-operation","tag-trapped-in-tunnel","tag-trapped-workers","tag-umrangso-coal-mine","tag-workers-recovered"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":159192,"url":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=159192","url_meta":{"origin":135277,"position":0},"title":"10 Injured as Under-Construction Building Collapses Near Ambala","author":"News Desk","date":"September 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"An under-construction building collapsed in Dhulkot village near Ambala City on Sunday while workers were pouring a concrete roof slab, injuring at least 10 labourers, officials said. 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