By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI (Reuters) -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.

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,

In a devastating incident in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, nine laborers are feared trapped inside a rat hole mine in Umrangso. The mine, located approximately 300 feet deep, has been flooded with water up to 100 feet,