GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A suspected gas explosion triggered a collapse inside an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in India’s northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, near the Chinese ...
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.
Rescue teams have been struggling to reach the 17 people trapped because of hazardous conditions inside the tunnel.
At least 10 people have died in a disaster inside an under-construction tunnel in India.
A deadly landslide in Sikkim’s Namchi district turned a construction site into a scene of devastation, leaving at least 10 people dead after an under-construction tunnel of the NHPC Teesta Stage VI ...
Officials, per The Associated Press, said on Tuesday a blast ripped through the tunnel on Monday at Samardung village, about 25 miles from the state capital, Gangtok, where worker ...
The workers were trapped at least three kilometers inside the tunnel and rescue operations were continuing despite rain and inclement weather.
A tunnel under construction at a hydropower project in India’s northern hill state of Uttarakhand collapsed overnight, leaving at least seven workers dead, officials said ...
At least seven people are dead after a tunnel under construction at a hydropower project in India's northern state of Uttarakhand collapsed overnight.
NHPC confirms 10 dead, 25 trapped after a methane gas explosion at the Teesta hydro project tunnel in Sikkim. Rescue operations are underway with NDRF, SDRF.
A blast that officials suspect was caused by a methane gas leak inside an under-construction tunnel in Sikkim’s Namchi district on Monday has led to the death of at least 20 people and left five ...
At least ten people have been reported dead in the incident, while 12 have been rescued and over 18 are still feared trapped.