India tunnel collapse at a hydropower project kills 10 as 17 remain missing

Rescue teams have been struggling to reach the 17 people trapped because of hazardous conditions inside the tunnel.

India tunnel blast kills 10 workers, leaves at least 15 trapped

Fifteen Indian workers were feared trapped on Tuesday after a blast caused by a suspected gas leak in a tunnel at ‌a hydroelectric project in the rugged state of Sikkim killed 10, authorities said. Monday’s incident took place at state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corp’s (NHPC) project on the Teesta river in the northeastern state’s ⁠village of Samardung, district official Subash Ghimirey said. A sudden burst of gas suspected to be methane trapped or embedded in rocks ‌in the tunnel cau...

By Reuters

At least 10 dead, 15 trapped after suspected gas leak collapses tunnel in India

Survival chances for the trapped workers were slim, state disaster management official Rajiv Roka said, as rescuers had to battle the fumes, making their task difficult.

Nine dead, 15 trapped after India tunnel collapse

The collapse was likely triggered by a blast, the cause of which was yet to be ascertained.

9 workers killed, several others trapped in northeast Indian tunnel collapse

Rescue operation underway in Sikkim state where incident took place at a under-construction tunnel

By Anadolu Agency