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Worker dead, 2 injured as section of tunnel collapses in Kota

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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