A search and rescue team working at the under-construction tunnel collapse site in Jammu’s Ramban district, on Saturday completed recovery of all 10 bodies of missing labourers from the debris after they were trapped in the rubble since Thursday.
“All the ten bodies have been recovered and the operation is concluded,” Ramban Deputy Commissioner Mussarat ul Islam told UNI updating on the incident that took place two days back.
He said that a case has already been registered following the collapse of the tunnel.
A senior police official said that the bodies of all the 10 missing workers have been identified as Jadav Roy, Gautam Roy, Sudhir Roy, Dipak Roy and Parimal Roy (West Bengal) and Shiva Chouhan (Assam), Navaraj Chaudhary and Kushi Ram Chaudhary and Mohammad Muzaffar Mohammad Ishirat (Ramban).
On Thursday around 10.15 pm, the Ajit tunnel of T3 caved-in, near Khooni Nallah, trapped 12 labourers of Sarla Company working at the site.
Two persons were rescued and were shifted to district hospital Ramban. One of them, Vishnu Gola (33) from Jharkhand was referred to GMC Jammu.