India, May 26 -- Concerns about the quality of work on the Khordha-Balangir railway route being raised after a portion of an under-construction tunnel caved in this evening.

Casualties due to the collapse of the four-km-long under-construction tunnel at Adenigada in Boudh district are yet to be ascertained. Sources said as the construction company has been given deadline, work was going on round-the-clock. Therefore, it is highly probable workers must be working inside the tunnel and casualties cannot be negated.

Later, the East Coast Railway clarified no worker was present inside the tunnel during the mishap.

A crater of 30 meters has formed on the ground following the tunnel cave in.

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