The death toll from the tragic incident of a rockslide in KhyberPakhtunkhwa’s Mohmand district reached 19 after seven more bodies wereretrieved from under the rubble on Tuesday.
According to rescue and police sources, seven bodies of thelabourers working at the marble mine in KP’s remote area have so far beenpulled out during the rescue operation which restarted early morning ofMonday.
On Monday, six mines at the Ziarat Ghar mountain had collapsed killing12 miners and injuring several others.
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Deputy Commissioner Iftikhar Alam had said that he feared the numberof casualties from the mine collapse would rise. The ProvincialDisaster Management Authority (PDMA) had been asked to provide heavymachinery for rescue operations.
