Sonbhadra (UP), Nov 16: A 30-year-old mine worker’s body was recovered from the rubble on Sunday morning from a stone quarry that collapsed here, a police officer said.
Several more remain trapped under the rubble.
Uttar Pradesh minister and local MLA Sanjeev Kumar Gond, who visited the spot in the Billi Markundi mining area after the collapse on Saturday evening, said “around a dozen labourers” might be trapped under the debris.
Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Varanasi Zone, Piyush Mordia, said efforts are on to clear the debris. Police identified the deceased labourer as Raju Singh of Panari village of the same district.
The ADG said clearing the rubble is taking time because it includes several heavy stones.
Sonbhadra Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Verma said that they were informed about the collapse at around 4.30 pm on Saturday at Obra Police Station.
The caller said that several workers were buried under the debris after a portion of a stone quarry operated by Krishna Mining Works collapsed.
The police have booked the owner of Krishna Mining Works (name and domicile unknown), and his business partners, Madhusudan Singh and Dilip Keshari, both residents of Obra, on the complaint of Chhotu Yadav, a resident of Parsoi Tola, who said his two brothers are trapped under the rubble, the SP said.
On Saturday, District Magistrate B N Singh said a wall inside the quarry suddenly caved in, trapping the workers inside. (PTI)
