Chamarajanagar: Several labourers were feared to be trapped inside the White Stone Hill caves of Madahalli village in the Bilikallu quarry area near Chamarajanagar district’s Gundlupet here on Friday March 4.
The hill suddenly collapsed while the mine workers were inside the cave. As a result, big boulders of white stone, rolled down the hill and collided with the tipper trucks, vehicles, causing them to overturn.
The police and the fire department personnel rushed to the spot and carried out operations along with the local villagers, to rescue trapped workers from inside the mine. As per preliminary information, five labourers were inside the mine when the incident took place. While three of them have been rescued, two are missing. Ashraf and Fransis were rescued. While Imran, Bablu and another person is missing. He said the missing workers might be in side rocks.
Several workers present there are feared to have been crushed under these boulders.
The incident took place on land belonging to Mahendrappa, a resident of Bommalapura in Karnataka. One Hakeem had taken the land on lease for mining. However, Superintendent of Police (SP) Shivakumar said illegal mining was being carried out in the area.
However, according to the local people, many more workers were present at the site.
The rescue operation is still on,