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3 dead, several trapped after stone mine collapses in Sonbhadra; rescue ops underway

Posted on: Nov 16, 2025 07:40 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
3 dead, several trapped after stone mine collapses in Sonbhadra; rescue ops underway
ALapidate mine collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra on sabbatum leading to at to the lowest degree threesome deaths. At to the lowest degree nine people are feared trapped after the mine collapse and rescue operations are underway. The exact number of those trapped under the debris is not yet known.The deaths have been confirmed as relief teams including state and national disaster relief force reached the spot. The collapse happened in the Billi Markundi mining area under the Obra police station limits in Sonbhadra on Saturday.Additional District Magistrate (Finance/ Revenue) Vagish Singh has been instructed to conduct a probe into the collapse and submit a report, following which, further action will be taken.Relief operations underwayApart from NDRF and SDRF, rescue teams from two private companies and the Obra Thermal Power Project also carried out rescue operations on Saturday, said District magistrate Badrinath Singh who reached the spot after the collapse, reported Hindustan Times earlier. He added that additional equipment and machinery was also being brought in to help with the rescue ops.While the cause of the collapse is not yet know, the district magistrate said that a probe would be initiated to ascertain the same.According to a worker, Chhotu Yadav, who is a resident of Karmasar, his two brothers — Santosh Yadav and Indrajit Yadav — were among those trapped under the debris.Uttar Pradesh minister said on Saturday that around a dozen people were working on the mining site when the collapse happened and that a probe would be conducted to ascertain what led to it. He said that strict action would be taken against those found responsible for the incident.According to another worker, the mining site had nine compressors operating on the spot at the time of the collapse and one person was deployed at each compressor.Among those present at the site on Saturday were Obra's sub-divisional magistrate, Vivek Kumar Singh, circle officer Harsh Pandey, Obra police station in-charge Vijay Chaurasia and Chopan police station in-charge Kumud Shekhar Singh.

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