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Death toll reaches 22 in Sikkim tunnel collapse tragedy

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Gangtok, July 23 (IANS) The death toll in the tunnel collapse at the under-construction NHPC Teesta Stage-VI Hydroelectric Project in South Sikkim’s Samardung has risen to 22, with rescue teams continuing intensive search and recovery operations to locate the remaining trapped workers, officials said on Thursday. According to the latest official update, multiple rescue agencies worked through the night under extremely hazardous conditions as efforts were intensified to retrieve those still belie…