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Rescue teams recover twenty two bodies from Sikkim hydropower project tunnel explosion
Rescue teams recovered 22 bodies from a suspected methane gas explosion at the Teesta-VI Hydropower Project in Sikkim on July 20, with search operations ongoing for remaining victims.
Twenty workers killed in Sikkim hydropower tunnel explosion
Twenty workers were killed and five remain trapped after an explosion of suspected methane gas in an under-construction NHPC hydropower tunnel in Namchi, Sikkim.
Landslide at Sikkim tunnel construction site kills twenty people
A landslide at the Samdung tunnel construction site in Namchi district, Sikkim, has killed at least 20 people, with five workers still trapped inside.
Twenty workers die in Sikkim hydroelectric tunnel collapse after suspected gas explosion
At least 20 workers were killed and five remain trapped after a suspected methane gas explosion caused a tunnel collapse at the under-construction NHPC Teesta Stage VI hydroelectric project in Namchi, Sikkim, with rescue operations ongoing.
West Bengal Chief Minister offers assistance to Sikkim after tunnel collapse
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari spoke with Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang to offer assistance following a tunnel collapse that killed at least 10 people in Sikkim's Namchi district, with rescue operations complicated by gas inside the tunnel.