نزاعات · India hydropower tunnel collapse · الأرشيفوفاة 25 عاملًا في سيكيم. وNHPC كانت تعلم بوجود الغاز.كُتب 7 سبتمبر 2026 في 9:22 م UTCشاهدالنص المفرّغ0:00Rescue teams in northeast India have0:01recovered the bodies of all 25 workers0:03trapped inside a collapsed hydropower0:05tunnel in Sikkim. The final death toll0:07was confirmed July 23rd after a four-day0:10rescue operation at NHPC's Teesta Stage0:12V hydropower project. The cause, a0:15suspected methane gas explosion. Located0:17in the Teesta River Valley, the tunnel0:19collapse has affected families across0:21four Indian states, Sikkim, West Bengal,0:23Uttarakhand, and Assam. Rescue teams0:26faced extreme conditions inside the0:28tunnel, toxic gases including methane,0:30carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulfide,0:32forcing teams to work in just 15-minute0:34shifts.0:35>> Six NHPC officials who entered the0:37tunnel to help also lost their lives,0:40bringing the total human toll of this0:41disaster to 31. No survivors were found0:44among the trapped workers, but the0:46disaster is raising serious questions0:48about what NHPC knew about gas hazards0:50beneath this mountain. The company's own0:522024 technical paper documented0:54recurring gas fires inside the same0:56Teesta VI tunnel system. That internal0:58report documented recurring gas fires in1:01this very tunnel network. Now1:03investigators are asking whether warning1:05signs were ignored and whether the1:06workers who died were ever told about1:08the risk. The victims came from Sikkim,1:10West Bengal, Uttarakhand, and Assam.1:13Prime Minister Modi and Sikkim Chief1:15Minister Prem Singh Tamang have both1:17addressed the disaster, though no formal1:19inquiry results have been released. For1:21the families who lost loved ones in the1:23Teesta VI tunnel, the central question1:25remains, was this tragedy preventable?1:27And did the company that employed them1:29know the danger was already burning1:30underground?اقرأ المقالالتسلسل الزمني للقصةHeyDexالمقطع القصير ↗
