New Delhi: A monolithic block of granite weighing 280 metric tonne from which just-unveiled grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been carved out, was sourced from a quarry in Telangana and a stretch of “makeshift road” had to be built to transport the stone to a national highway for sending it to Delhi. […]
About 20 workers belonging to Pulivendula, Badvel and Kasinayana mandals were working at the quarry and a few of them were engaged in unloading of the gelatin sticks.
The tribunal took cognisance of media report dated February 23, 2021 which reported that six people were killed in quarry blast in Hirenagavalli, Chikkaballapur on February 22.