Raipur:Seven labourers killed in limestone mine collapse in Chhattisgarh.According to police sources, the limestone mine collapsed on Friday afternoon near Malgaon in Nagarnar police station, 12 km from Jagdalpur, the district headquarters of Bastar.At least seven labourers were killed in a limestone mine collapse in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district. Six of the dead were women. According to local sources, several other workers are trapped inside.According to police sources, the limestone mine collapsed on Friday morning near Malgaon in Nagarnar police station, 12 km from the district headquarters Jagdalpur.
Arrived after receiving the news of the incident. Police and rescue teams. The work of removing the debris started by bringing the Earth Mover (JCB) machine.According to the Bastar district police, a portion of the quarry suddenly collapsed during the excavation. Five people were crushed to death under it. Local villagers rescued the two men.
But they died on the way to the hospital.IG saidsaid “Five persons died on the spot and another succumbed while being taken to a hospital,” Those who killed were Rameshwar Baghel (35), Dashmati Nag (35), Kumari Nag (23), Kamli (25), Shanti Nag (35), and Shaito (32), Manmati (32) and Lakhmi Kashyap (35), Purnima (14) died in the accident.
