Mizoram quarry collapse: NGT registers suo-moto case, summons officials

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has registered a suo-moto case in Mizoram following the collapse of a stone quarry and asked the officials of different authorities including the Mizoram Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to appear before it on November 28.

Till now 11 of the 12 bodies have been recovered from the site at Maudarh village in southern Mizoram's Hnahthial district.

Mizoram Pollution Control Board Member-Secretary C. Lalduhawma said that the NGT has taken up a suo-moto case in the stone quarry mishap and directed authorities concerned to appear before it on November 28.


“If we could not physically appear before the NGT, our standing counsel in Delhi would appear. We are now preparing a report of the mishap and it will be submitted before the NGT.”

The NGT has also asked the officials of the Mizoram Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Department to appear before it on November 28 along with the officials of the MPCB.

He said that huge piles of rocks caused serious difficulties to clear the disaster site, where the body of the 12th worker might have stuck-up.

At least five earth excavators, a stone crusher and a drilling machine were also completely buried beneath the debris.

The stone quarry, located about 160 km from state capital Aizawl, has been operational for two-and-a-half years.