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India tunnel blast kills 10 workers, leaves at least 15 trapped
🇮🇳 IndiaJul 21, 2026 08:57SRC: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POSTBY: Reuters
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Fifteen Indian workers were feared trapped on Tuesday after a blast caused by a suspected gas leak in a tunnel at a hydroelectric project in the rugged state of Sikkim killed 10, authorities said. Monday’s incident took place at state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corp’s (NHPC) project on the Teesta river in the northeastern state’s village of Samardung, district official Subash Ghimirey said. A sudden burst of gas suspected to be methane trapped or embedded in rocks in the tunnel caused
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Fifteen Indian workers were feared trapped on Tuesday after a blast caused by a suspected gas leak in a tunnel at a hydroelectric project in the rugged state of Sikkim killed 10, authorities said.
Monday’s incident took place at state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corp’s (NHPC) project on the Teesta river in the northeastern state’s village of Samardung, district official Subash Ghimirey said.
A sudden burst of gas suspected to be methane trapped or embedded in rocks in the tunnel caused...
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