Shillong, June 12: The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Friday recovered the body of a labourer who was trapped under debris after a soil collapse at a construction site in Mawdiangdiang, East Khasi Hills district.

According to a statement issued by the SDRF, information about the incident was received from the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), East Khasi Hills, and immediately dispatched a rescue team led by Inspector T. Tynsong. The team reached the site at around 2:42 pm and began rescue operations.

SDRF’s preliminary assessment found that the labourers were carrying out excavation work for the foundation of a building when a large quantity of filled soil from the upper portion of the site suddenly gave way and collapsed into the excavation pit, trapping one worker beneath the debris.

The SDRF personnel carried out an intensive search and rescue operation and, after nearly an hour of effort, located and recovered the victim from under the debris at around 4:10 pm. The labourer, however, had died in the incident.

The recovered body was handed over to the concerned authorities and ambulance personnel in the presence of officials from the Mawdiangdiang Police Outpost, the headman of Mawdiangdiang, the owner of the construction site and co-workers of the deceased.

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