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6 injured as part of tunnel collapses

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 8/18/2017 11:59:33 PM

POONCH, Aug 18: Six labourers were injured when a part of an under-construction tunnel of Parnai Hydel Power project collapsed due to landslide in Poonch district today.
The 37.5 MW Parnai Hydel Power project is expected to be completed by January end next year.
A police official said that a part of Parnai Hydel Project tunnel caved in around 11:30 AM due to landslide in Surankote tehsil of the district.
Six labourers, identified as Anwar Hussain, Gulab Hussain, Mahesh Kirti, Maqbool Hussain and Asgar were injured in the incident.
He said locals and police along with the management of Hydel Power project rescued the injured labourers and shifted them to Surankote hospital.
Two among the injured, Gulab Hussain and Mahesh Kirti, were referred to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Jammu for specialized treatment, he said, adding that the rest have been admitted in hospital there.
The Rs 604 crore hydro electric project (HEP) has been conceived as a multi-purpose one, keeping in mind its potential to cater to both power and irrigation-related needs of the district.
The work on the Parnai project, a run-of-the-river (RoR) scheme with an installed capacity of 37.5 MW, began in April 2014.
It is expected to irrigate vast tracts of agricultural land once it is completed.