Over ten people were killed while many others are missing as a stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram’s Aizawl district amid incessant rains on Tuesday morning, said the police.
The incident happened around 6 am in an area between Melthum and Hlimen on the southern outskirts of the Aizawl town, they said.
Five bodies have been recovered so far, while many others are still trapped under the debris, said a police officer. Heavy rains were affecting the rescue operations, he said.
Mizoram DGP Anil Shukla said, ’10 people have died as a stone quarry collapsed on the outskirts of Aizawl following incessant rains. Police personnel are engaged in rescue operations. The water levels of rivers are also rising up and many people living in the riverside areas have been evacuated’.
Officials said, ‘The rains triggered at many places in the state’. Aizawl has been cut off from the rest of the country due to a landslide on National Highway 6 at Hunthar. Besides, many intra-state highways have also been disrupted by landslides.
Because of the rains, all schools were closed and government employees, except those involved in providing essential services, were asked to work from home.
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