Another physique pulled out, dying toll in stone quarry collapse mounts to seven

The dying toll within the stone quarry collapse in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district has climbed to seven with one other physique being recovered from the rubble, officers stated on Tuesday (November 18, 2025).

The rescue operations are actually over, they stated.

According to the district administration, the seventh physique has been recognized as that of Gulab Kharwar (32), a resident of Obra police station space of Sonbhadra. Kharwar’s physique was recovered on Monday (November 17, 2025) night.

Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribal welfare Sanjeev Gond additionally confirmed that the dying toll has reached seven.

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The different deceased have been recognized as Indrajit (30), Santosh Yadav (30), brother of Indrajit, Ravindra alias Nanak (18), Ramkhelavan (32) and Kripashankar.

The physique of Raju Singh (30) was recovered on Sunday (November 16, 2025).

District Magistrate B.N. Singh, within the presence of Superintendent of Police Abhishek Verma, advised reporters on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) that reduction work was initiated instantly after the accident.

Within just a few hours, NDRF and SDRF officers, together with their groups, arrived on the scene and commenced rescue operations. Removing a big stone consumed important time and posed difficulties.

“Seven bodies have been recovered from the debris. All bodies have been handed over to their families after conducting a post-mortem examination,” the DM stated.

He added that the superintendent of police, NDRF, SDRF, and mine security officers additionally went right down to the positioning of the mishap and noticed that there isn’t any chance of anybody being buried.

The NDRF crew has totally eliminated the particles twice, so there isn’t any chance of anybody being there now. The District Magistrate stated that because the search is full and there’s no details about anybody being there, the reduction and rescue work is now over.

Minister Gond and Robertsganj MP Chotelal Kharwar had earlier claimed that round a dozen staff could possibly be trapped within the rubble after a portion of the quarry operated by Krishna Mining Works collapsed on Saturday (November 15, 2025) night.

The State authorities has introduced a three-tier probe into the incident by the police, mining and district administration.

Uttar Pradesh Minister Ravindra Jaiswal, who met the households of the victims on Monday (November 17, 2025), stated every deceased employee’s household will obtain round ₹20 lakh from the federal government and all affected labourers might be absolutely supported underneath schemes run by the Labour Department.

Mr. Jaiswal stated strict motion might be taken in opposition to these discovered responsible of unlawful mining or violating security requirements.

The police have booked the proprietor of Krishna Mining Works and his enterprise companions, Madhusudan Singh and Dilip Keshari, each residents of Obra, on a criticism by Parsoi Tola resident Chhotu Yadav, who stated his two brothers (deceased Indrajit and Santosh Yadav) have been trapped underneath the rubble, Sonbhadra Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Verma had stated.

The three accused are but to be arrested.