Lagatar24 Desk
Raipur, Dec 2: Seven people were killed on Friday in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district after a section of a limestone mine collapsed. were According to the sources, six women were among the deceased.
Chhattisgarh | Seven people killed while extracting limestone from a mine after it collapsed in the Bastar district pic.twitter.com/20sDD0JEjN
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According to a local police officer, the incident happened in Malgaon village, which is in the jurisdiction of Nagarnar police station, about 12 kilometres from Jagdalpur, the district’s administrative centre.
“The victims were digging soil in the mine when a part of it caved in, due to which they got trapped under the debris. Soon after being alerted about it, police personnel rushed to the spot and launched the rescue operation,” he said.
“While five persons died on the spot, two others succumbed while they were being shifted to a hospital,” he added.
The rescue work is still underway.
