Toxic gas slows efforts to rescue 13 workers trapped in India hydropower tunnel
Asia-PacificClimateHigh confidence — 79/100
The blast triggered by a buildup of methane gas tore through the tunnel Monday at the 500-megawatt Teesta Hydroelectric Project in northeastern Sikkim state in the Himalayas.
Authorities have recovered the bodies of 12 workers who died inside the tunnel about 40 kilom
The bodies of the remaining 13 workers trapped inside a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India have been found - as the death toll rises to 25.
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The blast triggered by a buildup of methane gas tore through the tunnel Monday at the 500-megawatt Teesta Hydroelectric Project in northeastern Sikkim state in the Himalayas.
Authorities have recovered the bodies of 12 workers who died inside the tunnel about 40 kilom
The bodies of the remaining 13 workers trapped inside a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India have been found - as the death toll rises to 25.