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2 labourers buried alive as portion of mine collapses

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Press Trust of India Jaipur
Two labourers were buried alive and a third one was injured in a marble mining area after a portion of mines collapsed on them at Rishabhdev in Rajasthan's Udaipur district today, police said here.

Police are trying to recover the bodies of the deceased. The injured was rushed to a government hospital in Udaipur, they said.

The accident occurred when a group of labourers were working in night shift in the mining area around 4:30 AM as the portion of mines collapsed on them, they said.

The owner of mining area, Kailash Choudhary, was soon called on the site, police added.

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First Published: Feb 22 2015 | 3:00 PM IST

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