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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Sikkim tunnel collapse: Rescue teams retrieve bodies of all 25 workers

Namchi: The bodies of all 25 workers have been retrieved from an under-construction NHPC hydropower project tunnel that had collapsed in Sikkim's Namchi district, officials said on Thursday.

The labourers were inside the NHPC Teesta Stage VI Hydropower Project tunnel under construction, which collapsed following an explosion suspected to have been caused by methane gas shortly after 1 pm on Monday.

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