Six dead in limestone quarry collapse in MP's Shahdol

Six people died and four others sustained injuries after a mound of soil collapsed at a limestone quarry in Beohari area in Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh.

According to police, ten labourers were extracting limestone from the mine at Papredi village when the incident occurred.

"Six people have died and four other have been injured after a mound of soil collapsed at a limestone quarry in Papredi village where ten people were extracting the stone from the mine," Additional Superintendent of Police, Pratima Mathew told ANI.

She said that financial aid of Rs 10,000 has been provided to kin of the deceased to meet funeral and other expenses and treatment of injured people is being done free of cost.