At least 200 people feared dead in North Korea after tunnel collapse at nuclear test site: report

NewsBharati    01-Nov-2017
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Pyongyang, November 1: The disastrous motif of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to make the country superior in nuclear power has called disaster inside the country reportedly. The report says a tunnel under construction at North Korea's nuclear test site collapsed killing up to 200 people. The disaster has prompted the fear of massive radioactive leak which may lead to a massive nuclear disaster.

According to reports, Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the country’s north –east is the location of the disaster. A South Korean news agency reported a North Korean official said the collapse happened during the construction of an underground tunnel. Firstly 100 people were trapped in the site and after that, almost 100 died during the rescue operation.

The chief of South Korea's weather agency Korea Meteorological Administration, Nam Jae-Cheol warned of the collapse of the North's mountainous test site with massive radioactive leak if another nuclear blast takes place. From previous six nuclear tests, the site has already become fatigued. Already various experts warned the mountain under which the base is believed to be hidden was at risk of collapsing.

Though no official from North Korea has confirmed it yet now the last test which was conducted “successfully” was the most powerful one, could easily trigger a disaster. If the mountain collapses or not but significant cracking” and “irreversible strain” on the land because of the nuclear test were reported.

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