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Rescue workers carry the body of a victim into an ambulance outside the entrance to an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in Samardung village, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Gangtok, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. | Photo: AP
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Rescue workers carry the body of a victim into an ambulance outside the entrance to an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in Samardung village, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Gangtok, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. | Photo: AP
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Rescue personnel and emergency responders at the site of the collapse inside the under-construction NHPC Teesta Stage VI Hydroelectric Project tunnel, where a multi-agency operation is underway to trace workers trapped following the incident, in Namchi district, Sikkim, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Rescue personnel and emergency responders at the site of the collapse inside the under-construction NHPC Teesta Stage VI Hydroelectric Project tunnel, where a multi-agency operation is underway to trace workers trapped following the incident, in Namchi district, Sikkim, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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People gather after about 27 workers were trapped inside an under-construction tunnel after a landslide blocked its entrance and triggered a suspected gas leak, in Namchi district, Sikkim. | Photo: PTI
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Rescue personnel conduct rescue operation after about 27 workers are trapped inside an under-construction tunnel after a landslide blocked its entrance and triggered a suspected gas leak, in Namchi district, Sikkim. | Photo: PTI
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Rescue personnel conduct rescue operations after about 27 workers are trapped inside an under-construction tunnel after a landslide blocked its entrance and triggered a suspected gas leak, in Namchi district, Sikkim. | Photo: IPR via PTI
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Police personnel at site as rescue operation is underway after 27 workers were trapped in an under construction tunnel after a landslide, in Gangtok, Sikkim, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. | Photo: PTI
