So far five bodies have been found in the rubble of an underground tunnel that collapsed at Jambanu and Kashmir on Thursday. At least 10 workers have been trapped after a section of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was missing, leaving large police, army and disaster response forces facing the country and the country.Five bodies have been recovered. We are waiting for the operation to continue to find the remaining five. Three bodies have been identified, all from Bengal. We are in contact with the Bengal authorities, ”said Ramban regional director Mussarat Islam.
Earlier today, the district police chief said a body had been found under a rock and large machines had been installed to remove the body. “One of the bodies was found… machinery used to remove the stone … towards the end of the process,” said Mohita Sharma, senior Superintendent of Police (Ramban), adding that those who could not be rescued would be rescued. and all bodies would be removed.
The first body – a Bengal worker – was found on Friday.The T3 audit trail on the freeway near Khooni Nallah in the Ramban district collapsed at the start of work at 10.15pm on Thursday.Rescue work began immediately but was temporarily halted yesterday due to “shooting stones – large and small stones and debris that came crashing down the hill due to landslides or other adverse weather conditions.”The debris was the result of a nearby landslide – part of a mountain in the Markkote area collapsed, forcing a temporary break from rescue operations.
Islam said the incident was unexpected and that 17 hours of rescue work had been affected. Two large machines were trapped.Of the four most trapped workers – Jadav Roy (23), Gautam Roy (22), Sudhir Roy (31), Dipak Roy (33) and Parimal Roy (38) – of Bengal, two – Muzaffar (38) and Israt (30). ) – are from J&K and one – Shiva Chouhan (26) is from Assam. Nawaraj Chowdhury (26) and Cush Ram (25) – originally from NepalJ&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha presided over the operation in the control room.
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