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Sikkim government
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.
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NHPC report records prior gas fires at Teesta hydroelectric project tunnels
A 2024 technical paper by NHPC engineers recorded prior flammable gas fires in the Teesta Stage-VI hydroelectric project tunnels before a recent methane explosion killed at least 15 workers in Sikkim.
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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.
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