GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A stone quarry collapsed Tuesday in India’s northeast because of heavy rain caused by way of a tropical hurricane, killing 17 quarry staff and leaving 12 lacking, officers stated.
Senior police officer Rahul Alwal stated rescuers recovered the our bodies of the ones killed within the quarry in Melthum, about 6 kilometers (3.5 miles) from the Mizoram state capital, Aizwal, and had been in a position to tug out two staff alive from the particles.
Alwal stated rescue staff had been making an attempt to achieve trapped staff whilst on the lookout for extra survivors.
Mizoram has many quarries the place stones are mined for highway and construction building. Many corporations, alternatively, extract stones with out getting the specified environmental clearance.
Remaining 12 months, seven staff had been killed within the state’s Mamit the city when a stone quarry collapsed. In 2022, 12 staff had been killed in every other an identical cave in.
Alwal stated 4 extra folks had been killed in separate landslides within the state.
India’s northeastern states are experiencing heavy rainfall after tropical hurricane Remal made landfall in Bangladesh on Monday.
India’s Meteorological Division has warned that heavy rains might harm inclined buildings and thatched homes and cause landslides within the area.
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