NHPC announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for each deceased worker in a Sikkim tunnel blast. The explosion at the Teesta Stage-VI hydro power plant killed at least twenty workers. Rescue operations are continuing round-the-clock for the remaining trapped personnel. Thirteen bodies have been retrieved so far from the collapsed tunnel. NHPC expressed profound grief and extended condolences to the bereaved families.

The tunnel is a part of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation’s (NHPC) Teesta Stage VI hydroelectric power project | India News

Eight workers died in a Sikkim tunnel collapse; rescue efforts hindered by gas leak, as PM Modi offers support.

Ten people died and twenty-five personnel were trapped after a methane gas burst. The explosion occurred inside an under-construction tunnel at the Teesta Stage VI Hydroelectric…