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NEW DELHI: Seven workers were killed and 13 injured on Thursday night following a landslide that sent water and debris gushing into a tunnel under construction in northern India.
The incident occurred in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, where workers were constructing a tunnel for a state-run hydropower project.
Three workers are still missing, while 19 were rescued from the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation site, the state’s disaster management authority said in a statement.
Videos shared by authorities showed rescue workers equipped with head-mounted torches using makeshift rafts to reach the flooded section of the tunnel.
