Six workers crushed to death in Andhra Pradesh quarry

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Six workers were crushed to death under boulders following a landslide in a quarry at Phirangipuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. Another worker was seriously injured in the incident and taken to the Government General Hospital in Guntur, an official said. The state government has announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs.5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased, said Guntur District Collector Kona Sasidhar.