The tunnel collapsed on Monday after a ‘sudden explosion of trapped or embedded suspected methane gas’, the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation said.

Twenty-seven workers are trapped inside a Sikkim tunnel after a landslide blocked its entrance. Rescue operations are complicated by a suspected gas leak, affecting personnel.…

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

Seven fatalities have been reported by district administration officials. Search and rescue operations continue for workers trapped inside the tunnel. A National Disaster…

The workers were trapped at least three kilometers inside the tunnel and rescue operations were continuing despite rain and inclement weather. | India News

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

A gas leak was also suspected at the site, hindering the rescue operations.

Incident occurred on Monday in Sikkim, where workers were constructing a tunnel for a state-run hydropower project; official says around 25-27 people trapped.

At least nine people have died and 15 others remained trapped after a tunnel collapsed at an under-construction hydroelectric project in India's remote northeast, officials said…

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…

A suspected gas explosion has caused a tunnel collapse at a hydropower project in India's Sikkim state, near the Chinese border, leaving at least 11 people dead and 14 missing.

A state official said survival chances for the trapped workers were slim after a suspected gas leak caused the blast.

Survival chances for the trapped workers were slim, state disaster management official Rajiv Roka said, as rescuers had to battle the fumes, making their task difficult.

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A suspected gas explosion triggered a collapse inside an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in India’s northeastern Himalayan state of…

At least 10 people have been killed and 17 others remain missing after a disaster inside an under-construction tunnel linked to a hydroelectric project in India’s northeastern…

A disastrous tunnel collapse at Sikkim's Teesta Stage-VI project trapped 25 workers, with initial reports indicating a methane gas explosion led to at least ten confirmed deaths.…

GUWAHATI, India — A suspected gas explosion on Monday triggered a collapse inside a tunnel that was under construction at a hydropower project in I...

At least 10 people died after a suspected methane gas explosion inside the under-construction Head Race Tunnel at Samardung, part of the Teesta-VI Hydroelectric Project in…

Im Nordosten Indiens sind mindestens elf Menschen bei einer Explosion in einer Tunnelbaustelle verstorben. Das Wasserkraftprojekt, wo das Unglück sich ereignete, ist Teil der…

Ten people died after an under-construction tunnel collapsed due to a landslide. Several others remained trapped inside the tunnel when it caved in on Monday. NHPC Teesta Stage-VI…

JALPAIGURI/SILIGURI: At least 20 of the 27 people trapped in a collapsed tunnel of an under-construction hydro-electric project in Sikkim’s Namchi district have died. Two workers…