West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that she was "depressed" after knowing about the deaths of workers under the debris of the stone quarry which collapsed at Maudarh village in Mizoram's Hnahthial district on Monday.
The Prime Minister's office (PMO) tweeted, "My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones due to the tragic stone quarry collapse in Mizoram. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh would be given from PMNRF to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000."
A total of eight bodies have been recovered so far from the site at Maudarh village in Mizoram's Hnahthial district after a stone quarry collapsed on Monday afternoon.
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): Rescue work ended at Sonbhadra stone quarry on Sunday after five bodies of labourers were pulled out by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team.
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): Rescue workers on Saturday pulled out the body of a labourer who died in an accident at a stone quarry here on Friday. He has been identified as 25-year-old Surendra Gond.
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Two labourers were injured and several are feared trapped in an accident at a stone quarry here on Friday.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): The body of a 17-year-old youth, who drowned in a stone quarry near Chakan on May 3 has been recovered by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), police said on Saturday.
Karnool (Andra Pradesh) [India], August 04 (ANI): At least 10 people died in a massive blast that took place on Friday night at a stone quarry in Kurnool district's Hathi Belgal.