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8 More Bodies Found in Kashmir Tunnel Collapse, Toll at 9

by Associated Press

   SRINAGAR, India --

   Rescuers on Saturday found the bodies of eight more workers in
   Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said, taking the death toll to
   nine after part of a tunnel collapsed in the Himalayan region.

   The tunnel is part of a mountainous highway tunnel system that was
   under construction when it collapsed Thursday night in the southern
   Ramban district.

   The body of one worker was recovered Friday.

   Aamir Ali, an official at the government's disaster management
   department, said one worker was still missing. Emergency crews were
   using earthmovers to clear the wreckage and find the trapped worker.

   Officials said the section that collapsed was an approach tunnel used
   for ventilation and moving supplies and equipment to the main,
   under-construction tunnel.

   The tunnel is part of a vast network of bridges and tunnels on the
   strategic highway that connects two key cities, Srinagar and Jammu, in
   the disputed region.