Death toll rises to 9 in J-K tunnel collapse
May 21, 2022
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 21 : As the rescue operation resumed at the Ramban Tunnel collapse site in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, the death toll reached nine in the incident today.
"So far nine bodies have been recovered from the spot, maybe one is left. Out of these 9 deceased, five were from West Bengal, one from Assam, two from Nepal, and two were local. FIR has been registered for negligence," Mohita Sharma, Ramban SSP told ANI.
A part of an under-construction four-lane tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district collapsed on Thursday night.
