GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Rescue workers were trying on Friday to reach 13 miners trapped underground in a coal mine in India's remote northeastern Meghalaya state since the previous day, authorities said.
The mine is an old, illegal so-called rat-hole mine, they said. Rat-hole mines are common in Meghalaya as they are dug by villagers but are very dangerous as the coal is pulled out from narrow, horizontal seams.
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