SONBHADRA: The body of a labourer was recovered from the rubble on Sunday morning from a stone quarry that collapsed here, while several others remain trapped, a senior police official said.

The exact number of trapped individuals is not known.

Uttar Pradesh minister and local MLA Sanjeev Kumar Gond, who visited the spot in the Billi Markundi mining area after the collapse on Saturday evening, said "around a dozen labourers" might be trapped under the debris.

Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Varanasi Zone, Piyush Mordia, on Sunday said efforts to remove the debris from the quarry has been going on since last night.

The body of one person has been recovered, while a search is underway for the others, he said.

Police identified the deceased as Raju Singh (30) from Panari vi

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