Overview
- The collapse occurred Saturday at a stone quarry in the Billi area under Obra police station limits in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.
- Early inputs indicate a section of a hill gave way, sending huge slabs of stone crashing into the quarry pit.
- Several workers, including a compressor operator, are feared buried beneath the debris and their condition remains unknown.
- The Sub-Divisional Magistrate and police arrived quickly at the site as rescue and debris-clearing operations continued through the day.
- The quarry lies in an area where mining activity is routinely carried out, according to initial reports from the scene.