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Worker dead, two injured as section of tunnel collapses in Kota

Superintendent of Police, Kota Rural, Sujit Shankar said the tunnel is part of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

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KOTA: A worker died and two other people were injured when a section of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Kota district of Rajasthan, police said on Sunday.

Superintendent of Police, Kota Rural, Sujit Shankar said the tunnel is part of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

A portion of it collapsed on Saturday night in the Modak area of Ramganj Mandi, he added.

The workers who got trapped under the debris were rescued and rushed to a hospital, where Shamsher Singh (33) was pronounced dead. The injured are undergoing treatment, Shankar said.

Police and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) officials reached the spot after the incident.

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