Three child workers buried alive

By Our Staff Reporter

ANANTAPUR, APRIL 18. Three child labourers, working in a white shale mine, were buried alive in a landslide at Kristapadu village of Pedda Vadugur mandal in Anantapur district on Wednesday. Four other child workers were injured, one of them seriously, in the mishap.

According to the Pedda Vadugur police, seven workers of Munnakunta village started digging in the mine for white shale when a large portion of soil slid on them over their heads burying three of them alive and injuring the remaining four.

The landslide had occurred due to rain in the area for the last couple of days.

The dead persons have been identified as Penna Obulesu (16), Kudumula Vijayalaxmi (16) and Agraharam Lalithamma (13). The injured have been admitted to Guntakal Government Hospital, where the condition of one of them is stated to be serious.

Child labourers are major workforce in the limestone, napa slabs and other mines in the area.

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