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Due to landslide risks from heavy rain, Wayanad has suspended quarrying and tourism, with relocations planned for vulnerable residents.
Three autorickshaw drivers heroically rescued a woman from a water-filled quarry in Sulthan Bathery, pulling her to safety before she was transferred to hospital with serious head injuries.
The Kerala Human Rights Commission demands a report on preventing quarry accidents and considers mandatory barricades for abandoned water-filled quarries, following a model's drowning.
Laterite stone quarry owners reduced a planned price hike from ₹8 to ₹3.50 per stone following talks with youth organisations, yet operations remain limited due to labour shortages and falling output.
Polluted quarry water is causing a severe drinking water crisis for 63 families in Homestead Apartments in Kuttippuram.
Massive boulders from a stone quarry fell onto the Rajagiri–Josgiri road, causing local residents to protest and prevent their removal.
Quarry operations are allegedly causing nearby wells and streams to dry up, forcing agricultural lands to rely on tanker water.
Boulder landslide road incident in Cherupuzha caused a road blockage, narrowly missing vehicles and passersby.
Once the truck was brought to the surface, rescuers used hydraulic cutting equipment to dismantle parts of the mangled cabin and extricate the body.
The rescue efforts are stalled due to difficulties in removing the vehicle from the water
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