DIMAPUR — A
specialised Indian Navy diving team has been deployed to Umrangso, Dima Hasao
district, Assam, to assist in the rescue of trapped miners.
According to a defence update, the team, consisting of one
officer and eleven sailors, was airlifted from Visakhapatnam and arrived at the
site late on January 7. They are equipped with specialised diving gear and
underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), and started opreations.
The update stated that the Navy is working in close
coordination with the Indian Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and
local authorities. Intensive search and rescue operations are underway, with
regular information exchange between all agencies involved, it added.
