Body of Kerala’s Kottayam native missing in Sikkim tunnel accident recovered
The body of Aneesh Mohan, a geologist from Kerala who went missing after a landslide in a Sikkim tunnel, has been recovered. The accident occurred at a construction site for the Teesta Hydroelectric Project.
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The body of a geologist from Kottayam district in Kerala who went missing after a landslide inside an under-construction tunnel in Sikkim has been recovered.
The deceased has been identified as Aneesh Mohan, 43, of Pathazhakkuzhy, Velloor, near Pampady, in Kottayam. Family members, who travelled to Sikkim, have identified his body. According to relatives, the body was discovered around Wednesday midnight (July 22, 2026) and will be flown to New Delhi after a postmortem examination. From New Delhi, it will be brought to his ancestral house near Pampady via Nedumbassery.
A Senior Manager and Geologist with the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Aneesh had been working at the organisation for the past 16 years. Posted to Sikkim from Haryana seven months ago, he was part of the team tasked with assessing the rock strata at the tunnel construction site, including their geological stability and water content.
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