“Dead or alive, they should be taken out” – the Supreme Court on Thursday said this expressing displeasure about the rescue efforts to trace 15 miners trapped in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district for the last 22 days.
The apex court had also emphasised that a prompt, immediate and effective operation is required to rescue those trapped inside. The miners have been missing since December 13 in a 320-ft deep illegal “rat-hole” mine.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court had agreed to the hearing of a petition that asked for directions in which the Centre and the state government could use the expertise of the Indian Army, Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force in the rescue operation.
The apex court has termed the situation as ‘very serious’. The government has been asked to inform the court about the rescue operations developments by tomorrow (Friday) saying that “for the trapped people, every second counts.”
