SHILLONG: In less than 10 days, two labourers have died in stone quarries in Ri Bhoi district after boulders fell on them.
On Monday morning, a boulder fell on Md. Rafique Ali (30 yrs) while he was working in a stone quarry at Maikhuli (RB). The victim died on the spot.
A similar incident had taken place on May 12 when a labourer died after a boulder fell on him while he was working at a stone quarry at Jolsyiem in Khanapara.
The labourer was identified as one Munse Habrom.
