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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Aishwarya KUMAR and Parvaiz BUKHARI

DARK SECRETS: India tunnel collapse wake up call for modi s infrastructure drive | Rare Historical Photos

An ex-chairman of the National Highways Authority of India warned that "building a tunnel through a mountain is perilous", but dangers were multiplied when such large-scale projects are poorly carried out (Credit: AFP)

India's aggressive infrastructure push into the ecologically fragile Himalayan mountains has been given a "wake-up call" by the collapse of a road tunnel that trapped 41 men, environmental experts say.

The partial cave-in of the under-construction Silkyara road tunnel in northern Uttarakhand state nearly two weeks ago -- with the desperate men still awaiting rescue on Friday -- was only the latest disaster in the geologically unstable region.

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