Indian Navy divers recovered the body of one of the nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Wednesday. They were trapped on Monday after the mine became inundated with water.

At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.The miners became trapped on Monday morning in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,

Indian Navy team equipped with deep diving gear and ROVs aiding in search and rescue operations in Assam's Umrangso.

The body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered by army divers on Wednesday, the third day of the rescue operations, officials said.

Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.

Rescuers try to reach nine men trapped in a flooded coal mine in India's Assam:::: Authorities say at least three miners are feared deadIn a statement the local government said three bodies have been spotted by rescue teams but have not yet been recovered.