Death toll rises to 10 in the stone quarry collapse in Mizoram

The death toll rose to 10 in the stone quarry collapse in South Mizoram’s Hnahthial district as two more bodies were recovered from the site, an official said on Wednesday.

Of the diseased, five are from West Bengal, two each from Jharkhand and neighbouring Assam and one from Mizoram’s Lunglei district, he said.

Overall 12 people were confirmed to have been trapped after the stone quarry caved in at Maudarh village, about 23 km from Hnahthial town, on Monday.

The incident occurred around 2.40 pm on November 14 when the workers were working at the site, according to the district administration.

The two missing persons are residents of Mizoram and Assam, he said.

Search operations will continue till all the missing persons are found, the official said.