[Aljazeera] Twenty days after 15 miners were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya state, the search for them goes on.Magurmari, Meghalaya - The only tangible mementoes that Shefali Begum, 18, and Nafisa Begum*, 16, have of their husbands are the 'salwar kameez' (common dress in South Asia) the two brothers had brought for them shortly before heading off to work in an illegal coal mine in northeastern India.
Now, the two women fear they may never see their husbands again.
The brothers Omor Ali, 26, and Shirapat Ali, 25, left their village Magurmari in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya in the first week of December to work at a mine in Ksan on the other side of the state in East Jaintia Hills.
Days later, on December 13, Shefali and Nafisa were told their husbands were among the 15 men trapped in the illegal mine at Ksan when floodwater from a nearby river poured into it.