
A portion of a mountain caved in on Jammu–Srinagar national highway in J&K’s Ramban district on Friday near the site where a rescue operation was being carried out after a part of an under-construction tunnel collapsed last night.
Confirming the presence of NDRF and SDRF personnel on the spot, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said several people were trapped there.
“NDRF & SDRF teams are present there. Several people are trapped there. We will give you more details as the reports come,” news agency ANI quoted Sinha as saying.
#WATCH | A portion of a mountain falls apart in the Makerkote area at Jammu–Srinagar National Highway in Ramban near the site of the recuse operation, where a part of an under-construction tunnel collapsed late last night pic.twitter.com/SAjDhwFgol
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— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2022
At least 10 labourers working inside the T3 tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Makerkote in Ramsu near Khooni Nallah were trapped inside when it collapsed around 10.15 pm on Thursday.
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