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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Stuti Mishra

Death toll from India tunnel blast rises to 20 as rescuers try to reach five workers still trapped

The death toll from a methane explosion inside a hydropower tunnel in the Indian Himalayas jumped to 20 even as five workers remained trapped two days after the collapse.

The toll was updated after rescue crews recovered more bodies from the under-construction tunnel at Samardung-Jholungey, in Namchi district of Sikkim state, where 27 men were working when the blast struck on Monday afternoon.

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