A massive rescue operation continued in India's Maudarh village on Tuesday where several workers are feared trapped following a stone quarry collapse at the mining site on Monday afternoon.
At least 12 workers, including employees of the private mining company, ABCI Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, and contractor employees and laborers are believed to be buried inside the quarry.
A total of eight bodies have been recovered so far from the site, the officials said on Tuesday.
"The identification of the dead bodies will be done after post-mortem examination. Search operation is still going on and will be continued till all missing (people) are found," the National Disaster Response Force said in a media statement.
The quarry was reportedly operational for two and a half years.
In the past 24 hours since the tragic incident struck Mizoram state, volunteers from the village of Leite and the town of Hnahthial, along with the State Disaster Response Force, Border Security Force, and Assam Rifles have been continuing search and rescue operations.
Videos of the incident have gone viral, drawing a lot of reactions from netizens expressing condolences to the families of the deceased.