The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has registered a suo-moto case into the November 14 Mizoram stone quarry collapse incident, and asked the officials of various agencies including the Mizoram Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to appear before it .
Aizawl, Nov. 17 (PTI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has registered a suo-moto case in the stone quarry collapse in south Mizoram’s Hnahthial district and directed authorities concerned to appear before it on November 28. Seven officials, including the member secretary of Mizoram pollution control board and the director of the state’s disaster management directorate, have been asked to appear at the tribunal’s Faridkot House office in Delhi, according to the notice issued by the NGT on Wednesday. District Superintendent of Police (SP) Vineet Kumar said that suo-moto case into the incident has also been filed at Hnahthial police station. Meanwhile, the toll in the stone quarry collapse in south Mizoram’s Hnahthial district climbed to 11 after one more body was recovered from the site, an official said on Thursday. Hnahthial deputy commissioner (DC) R Lalremsanga said that the body of a 25-year-old man, a resident of Lunglei district, was found under the debri
Aizawl, Nov. 16 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each of those who lost their lives in the stone quarry collapse in Mizoram. He also said the injured persons in the tragic incident would be given Rs 50,000 each. The death toll rose to 10 in the stone quarry collapse in South Mizoram’s Hnahthial district as two more bodies were recovered from the site, an official said earlier in the day. “My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones due to the tragic stone quarry collapse in Mizoram. An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh would be given from PMNRF (Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund) to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs 50,000,” the PM said on Twitter. Of the deceased, five were from West Bengal, two each from Jharkhand and neighbouring Assam and one from Mizoram’s Lunglei district, the official said. Overall 12 people were confirmed to have been trapped after the s
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each killed in the stone quarry collapse in Mizoram."My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones due to the tragic stone quarry .