The district administration on Wednesday decided to undertake minor blasting at the Bariput stone quarry in the district to rescue the two JCB operators, who have got trapped there since last seven days.
The development came after a team of Army engineers from Ranchi visited the spot and held a closed-door meeting with the district Collector, Superintendent of Police and other stakeholders including the local political representatives and family members of the trapped labourers.
The district administration has also issued an advisory to vacate humans and animals within one kilometre radius of the accident site to prevent any kind of collateral damages.
The Fire Service personnel, ODRAF, NDRA and a team from Chhattisgarh-based National Mineral Development Corporation (NDMC) had tried their level best to rescue the victims but unfortunately failed. The machines available with them are unable to remove the huge stones which weigh more than 100 tonnes each.
Two JCB operators Sanjay Das and Ghanashyam Guru got trapped when a sudden landslide occurred at the stone quarry near Telengiri Irrigation project on May 31.