Overview
- Officials called off the nearly 72-hour search after verifying no one else was under the debris, with seven bodies recovered and handed to families.
- The response involved NDRF, SDRF, CISF, local police and villagers, and teams twice rechecked the quarry before closing the operation.
- Police registered an FIR against the owner of Krishna Mining Works and partners Madhusudan Singh and Dilip Keshari based on a victim’s family complaint, with arrests yet to be made.
- The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a three-tier inquiry by police, the mining department and the district administration to examine safety compliance and the legality of operations at the site.
- Rescuers faced major technical hurdles from a huge detached boulder and unstable terrain, requiring a staged clearance and a separate access route.