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Explosion in tunnel at Indian hydropower project leaves 10 dead and 17 missing

Explosion in tunnel at Indian hydropower project leaves 10 dead and 17 missing
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A suspected gas explosion triggered a collapse inside an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in India’s northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, near the Chinese border, leaving least 10 people dead and 17 others missing, officials said on Tuesday. The blast ripped through the tunnel...

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