SONBHADRA MISHAP: TOLL RISES TO FIVE
Two bodies in the Friday’s stone quarry incident were recovered on Saturday; three on Sunday
VARANASI: The death toll in the Friday’s cave-in at a stone quarry in Billi Markundi of Sonbhadra in eastern UP rose to five on Sunday as rescue operations ended, officials said.
VARANASI : The death toll in the Friday’s cave-in at a stone quarry in Billi Markundi of Sonbhadra in eastern UP rose to five on Sunday as rescue operations ended, officials said.
“NDRF team comprising 40 rescuers recovered five bodies from the quarry in a rescue operation which went on for over 38 hours,” NDRF inspector Neeraj Kumar said, adding that the team carried out thorough search at the spot. Rescue operation is over at the site.
A senior police officer said two bodies were recovered on Saturday, while three bodies were recovered in the early hours of Sunday.
The bodies of Sulendra Gond (25) and Chhote Lal Gond (45) were recovered on Saturday and those of Gulab Gond, Ram Prahalad Gond, and Shivcharan Gond, were recovered on Sunday, he said.
On Friday evening, two persons were seriously injured in a cave-in at the quarry. A police officer said that an eyewitness told them that stone breaking and drilling was underway in the quarry. Around seven labourers were working in the quarry when three big rocks suddenly fell from the top of an adjoining mine, trapping the labourers.
Police said a team from Obra police station reached the spot and rescued three labourers, who were trapped under the rocks, and rushed them to a hospital at the Obra power plant. The police said the rescued were identified as Rajendra (32) and Rampal (22), both residents of Chopan.