The Indian Navy divers on Sunday made efforts to retrieve the body of a miner, which was detected on Saturday by an underwater remotely operated vehicle (UROV) inside a rat - hole coal mine at Ksan village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, where 13 more remained trapped for 45 days now.
"The Navy divers are trying to retrieve the second body detected inside the rat - hole mine but due to many obstacles which include exhaust pipes used by the coal miners inside the mine and turbidity of the water, the retrieval has become very difficult, " rescue operations spokesperson Reginald Susngi said.
A 15 - member team of Navy divers from Visakhapatnam detected the second body with the help of the UROV inside the rat - hole coal mine but through a complex maize of sub rat - hole mines.
The UROV also stumbled on tell - tale signs like spades, a wooden cart and then located the dead miner.
"They (Navy) are making all efforts.