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Teesta Stage VI Hydroelectric Project
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.
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.
Twelve killed in Sikkim hydroelectric project tunnel collapse
A tunnel collapse at NHPC's Teesta Stage VI Hydroelectric Project in Sikkim has killed 12 people and left up to 15 workers feared trapped amid challenging rescue conditions.
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.