Rescue workers and officials inspect the damaged area after a stone quarry collapsed in Melthum near Aizwal, state capital of Mizoram. A stone quarry collapsed Tuesday in India's northeast due to heavy rain triggered by a tropical storm, killing 17 quarry workers and leaving 12 missing, officials said.
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Rescue work underway after a stone quarry collapsed amid heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, in Aizawl district.
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Rescue work underway after a stone quarry collapsed amid heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, in Aizawl district.
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Rescue work underway after a stone quarry collapsed amid heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, in Aizawl district.
![Stone Quarry Collapse](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-05/72eba1d7-1f7a-4468-8b09-d9effa800531/Weather%20Stone%20quarry%20collapse_5.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
Rescue work underway after a stone quarry collapsed amid heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, in Aizawl district.
![Mizoram Stone quarry collapse](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-05/aa5f43bc-8f50-48ed-bab0-d6300da9f9b9/Weather%20Stone%20quarry%20collapse_6.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
Rescue work underway after a stone quarry collapsed amid heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, in Aizawl district.
![Mizoram CM Lalduhawma](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-05/befecf73-d941-43cf-afa6-a5a0e0d59adb/Weather%20Stone%20quarry%20collapse_7.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhawma visits the site of a stone quarry collapse amid heavy rains in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, in Aizawl district.