Several Indian rescue teams are trying to reach miners trapped in a mine in the northeast of the country that was flooded on Monday, rescue officials said.
Nine men are believed to be trapped in the coal mine.
A rescue report said three bodies had already been found.
According to local residents, at least 27 workers entered the mine in the Dima Hasao region of Assam state on Monday morning, and many managed to escape as water began to flood the area.
State government minister Kaushik Rai told AFP that more than a hundred rescue teams, including soldiers, were trying to reach the trapped miners.
The Indian army said that these troops, which "include divers, engineer soldiers, medical and relief teams, intervened quickly" to try to free them.
Images released by the army show divers descending into a deep shaft.
