The death toll in the stone quarry collapse in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district has climbed to seven with another body being recovered from the rubble, officials said on Tuesday. The rescue operations are now over, they said.

According to the district administration, the seventh body has been identified as that of Gulab Kharwar, 32, a resident of Obra. Kharwar’s body was recovered on Monday evening. Within a few hours, NDRF and SDRF officials, along with their teams, arrived at the scene and began rescue operations. Removing a large stone consumed significant time and posed difficulties.