: The operation to rescue nine labourers feared trapped under the debris following the collapse of an under-construction tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway resumed early on Saturday (May 21) after a fresh landslide forced the authorities to suspend the process last evening, officials said.
Their chances of survival are, however, bleak, they added.
A labourer was killed and three others were rescued when 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 (May 19).
The officials identified the deceased labourer as Sudhir Roy (31), a native of West Bengal.
"Operation for 09 missing persons at Khooni Nallah adit tunnel site feared trapped inside debris began at 5.30 am early morning today (Saturday) and continues. NDRF and SDRF part of the operation," Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat Islam said in a tweet.
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