{"id":6999,"date":"2026-07-22T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6999"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:03:05","slug":"death-toll-rises-to-20-in-tunnel-collapse-at-hydropower-project-in-indias-sikkim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6999","title":{"rendered":"Death Toll Rises to 20 in Tunnel Collapse at Hydropower Project in India\u2019s Sikkim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW DELHI:<\/strong> The death toll from the collapse of an under-construction tunnel at a government hydropower project in India&#8217;s northeastern state of <strong>Sikkim<\/strong> has risen to <strong>20<\/strong>, according to Indian authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident occurred on <strong>July 20<\/strong> during the construction of a tunnel for a hydropower project on the <strong>Teesta River<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial reports indicated that at least <strong>nine workers<\/strong> had been killed while <strong>15 others<\/strong> were trapped inside the collapsed tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have since confirmed that the number of fatalities has increased to <strong>20<\/strong> as rescue teams continue recovery operations at the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indian officials said emergency responders have spotted <strong>seven to eight additional bodies<\/strong> inside the tunnel, suggesting that the death toll could rise further as rescue efforts continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rescue teams remain engaged in a challenging operation to recover victims and determine whether any workers remain trapped beneath the debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the collapse, while safety assessments are being conducted at the construction site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The death toll from the collapse of an under-construction tunnel at a government hydropower project in India&#8217;s northeastern state of Sikkim has risen..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438541_2092748_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438541_2092748_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438541_2092748_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438541_2092748_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438541_2092748_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438541_2092748_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438541_2092748_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7001,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6999\/revisions\/7001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}