SONBHADRA(Uttar Pradesh) : The rescue operation to locate and rescue individuals trapped after a stone mine collapsed in Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh was completed on Tuesday, officials said.

Sonbhadra SP Abhishek Verma said that the operation has been called off after 100 per cent verification of no one being trapped under the debris.

A total of seven bodies were recovered during the three-day rescue operation, which began on November 15.

“We are calling off the rescue operation after 100 per cent verification that there are no traces of anyone being stuck there. Seven dead bodies have been recovered. This was a very difficult operation because the boulder was very large. We created a separate pathway. Today, we are completing a big operation with the collaboration of every team,” SP Abh

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