8 workers killed as under-construction tunnel collapses after landslide in Sikkim

Eight workers were killed after a landslide led to an under-construction tunnel collapsing in Namchi district of Sikkim on Monday, PTI quoted Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang as saying.

The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation tunnel was being constructed in the Samardung area for the Teesta Stage VI Hydroelectric Project.

Around 27 workers were trapped inside after the landslide blocked the entrance of the tunnel, PTI quoted unidentified officials as saying.