Uttar Pradesh: Toll in stone quarry collapse in Sonbhadra mounts to 7

NDRF personnel pull out another body on Tuesday. PIC/PTI

The death toll in the stone quarry collapse in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district has climbed to seven with another body being recovered from the rubble, officials said on Tuesday. The rescue operations are now over, they said.

According to the district administration, the seventh body has been identified as that of Gulab Kharwar, 32, a resident of Obra. Kharwar's body was recovered on Monday evening. Within a few hours, NDRF and SDRF officials, along with their teams, arrived at the scene and began rescue operations. Removing a large stone consumed significant time and posed difficulties.

"Seven bodies have been recovered from the debris. All bodies have been handed over to their families after conducting a post-mortem examination," said District Magistrate BN Singh. UP Minister Ravindra Jaiswal, who met the families of the victims on Monday, said each deceased worker's family will receive around Rs 20 lakh from the government and all affected labourers will be fully supported under schemes run by the Labour Department.

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