Berhampur: Two labourers from Ganjam district died after a huge boulder fell on them during a blast at an illegal stone quarry on a hill near Bandhagu.
TDP blames YSRCP MLC for Kadapa quarry blast
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Ravindranath Reddy seeks action against the main lease holders
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Ravindranath Reddy seeks action against the main lease holders
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLC Mareddy Ravindranath Reddy has blamed his YSRCP counterpart C. Ramachandraiah and his wife Kasturibai for the blast in a quarry in Kadapa that claimed 10 lives.
Addressing the media conference on Wednesday, Mr. Ravindranath Reddy (B.Tech Ravi) said that the government was taking a lenient view even though Mr. Ramachandraiah’s wife holds the main lease for the Mamillapalli quarries.
“How can the YSRCP MLC now say that his family is not accountable for the blast as they have given the quarries on a sub-lease?” he asked.
Karnataka: 6 killed in quarry blast in Chikkaballapur, CM orders probe
Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa
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As many as six people were killed while trying to dispose of gelatin sticks at a stone quarry site in Hirenagavalli village of Karnataka s Chikkaballapur early on Tuesday.
The incident comes close on the heels of a similar blast at a quarry site in Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa s hometown of Shivamogga on 22 January, which left six dead.
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Quarrying was stopped in Hirenagavalli by the police on 7 February following complaints from the locals against the rampant use of gelatin sticks. However, the workers clandestinely continued following which another raid was carried out a few days ago and the contractor was warned not to use gelatin anymore.
6 dead in quarry blast, Opposition alleges corruption
February 23, 2021
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Karnataka is in the dock due to second blasts at a granite quarry in less than a month.
Six people were dead in a blast at a quarry in Hirenagaveli village (Chikkaballapur district) in the wee hours of Tuesday, similar to that of a blast that claimed six lives last month in Shivamogga.
Police said after the local people complained about reckless blasts at the quarries, owners were warned over it. Fearing a raid on the premises, owners asked the employees to hide or dispose of the explosives. The blast occurred when workers were unloading the explosives killing all the six people and injuring the goods vehicle driver.