Ramban Tunnel

A compensation of Rs 16 lakh each will be given by the construction company to the family of those who died after a part of an under-construction four-lane tunnel collapsed on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, Ramban Deputy Commissioner said.

The workers were buried under debris following a massive landslide after an under-construction tunnel cave-in at Khoni Nallah along the Srinagar- Jammu highway.

The audit tunnel of T3 on the highway near Khooni Nallah in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district caved in at the start of the work at around 10.15 pm on Thursday, after which officials had confirmed that a labourer had died.

A labourer was killed and three rescued after a part of an under-construction tunnel collapsed on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in the union territory's Ramban district a day ago.

The rescue operation on the national highway stretch between Ramban and Ramsu started at midnight and was going on in full swing with rock-breakers being used to reach out to those trapped, he said.

One person was killed and nine others were feared trapped after a portion of an under-construction tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district collapsed in the early hours of Friday.

Ten people, most of them labourers working on a tunnel project, were charred to death in a fire incident in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir today.

Parts of Jammu and Kashmir remain tense as protests continued on Friday against the killing of four people in firing by the Border Security Force (BSF) in the Ramban district, about 145 kilometres from the capital Srinagar.

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for vehicular traffic for the third consecutive day on Monday due to heavy snowfall at Jawahar tunnel, the gateway to Kashmir. "Due to continuous and heavy snowfall and fall of stones from hill tops and landslides, the 300-km highway is closed for the third day today at Jawahar Tunnel-Qazigund, Pa...

A compensation of Rs 16 lakh each will be given by the construction company to the family of those who died after a part of an under-construction four-lane tunnel collapsed on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, Ramban Deputy Commissioner said.

The workers were buried under debris following a massive landslide after an under-construction tunnel cave-in at Khoni Nallah along the Srinagar- Jammu highway.

The audit tunnel of T3 on the highway near Khooni Nallah in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district caved in at the start of the work at around 10.15 pm on Thursday, after which officials had confirmed that a labourer had died.

A labourer was killed and three rescued after a part of an under-construction tunnel collapsed on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in the union territory's Ramban district a day ago.

The rescue operation on the national highway stretch between Ramban and Ramsu started at midnight and was going on in full swing with rock-breakers being used to reach out to those trapped, he said.

One person was killed and nine others were feared trapped after a portion of an under-construction tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district collapsed in the early hours of Friday.

Ten people, most of them labourers working on a tunnel project, were charred to death in a fire incident in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir today.

Parts of Jammu and Kashmir remain tense as protests continued on Friday against the killing of four people in firing by the Border Security Force (BSF) in the Ramban district, about 145 kilometres from the capital Srinagar.

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for vehicular traffic for the third consecutive day on Monday due to heavy snowfall at Jawahar tunnel, the gateway to Kashmir. "Due to continuous and heavy snowfall and fall of stones from hill tops and landslides, the 300-km highway is closed for the third day today at Jawahar Tunnel-Qazigund, Pa...