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Body of missing worker spotted after 10 months

SHIMLA: The body of the third worker, Hirday Ram, who had gone missing after the Tihra tunnel in the four-lane Kiratpur-Ner Chowk national highway project caved in, was spotted under the debris after nine months and 25 days of the tunnel collapse.

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Kuldeep Chauhan

Tribune News Service

Shimla, July 7

The body of the third worker, Hirday Ram, who had gone missing after the Tihra tunnel in the four-lane Kiratpur-Ner Chowk national highway project caved in, was spotted under the debris after nine months and 25 days of the tunnel collapse.

The recovery of the body may take a day or two, says Bilaspur Deputy Commissioner Manasi Thakur.

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The family of Hirday Ram is waiting for his mortal remains at the tunnel mouth, where a construction company of NHAI is clearing the debris that trapped three workers inside the collapsed tunnel on September 12 last year.

Satish and Mani Ram were rescued after nine days. But Hirday Ram went missing. The workers spotted the traces of the body on Wednesday night. Hirday Ram’s family arrived here from Mandi.

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