Sikkim tunnel collapse: 20 bodies recovered from site, 11 from north Bengal

PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased, Rs 50,000 for injuredJALPAIGURI/SILIGURI: At least 20 of the 27 people trapped in a collapsed tunnel of an under-construction hydro-electric project in Sikkim’s Namchi district have died. Two workers have exited the tunnel and search is on for the rest.Of the 20 bodies recovered, 13 have been identified, sources said. Nine of the deceased are from Jalpaiguri district and two from Alipurduar district. One of the dead was from Punjab and another from Sikkim.One of the missing men — Anish Mohan, 43 — is a geologist from Kerala.Sikkim tunnel collapse kills 20Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang-Golay said of the 27 people who were inside the under-construction tunnel of the NHPC Teesta Stage-VI Hydroelectric Project at Samardung-Jholungey in Na