The Hindu·3 min read·medium
All 25 bodies of workers retrieved from Sikkim tunnel
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The Hindu Bureau
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Rescue operations have concluded in Sikkim after the recovery of all 25 workers trapped in a tunnel explosion at the Teesta Stage-VI Hydropower Project. Authorities have launched investigations into the cause of the methane gas explosion.
Multiple agencies concluded their search and rescue operation after the bodies of all 25 workers trapped inside an under- construction tunnel of a hydropower project in Sikkim’s Namchi district were recovered by Thursday (July 23, 2026) evening.
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