The National Earthquake Measurement Centre said the epicentre was located at the Lamidanda area in Jajarkot district, which is about 150 km from the captial city of Kathmandu. The rescue operations are on in Jajarkot and Rukum districts of Western Nepal.
T-49 is a tunnel of length 12.758 km long and it is going to be the longest tunnel of Indian Railway surpassing Peer Panjal Tunnel of 11.2 km length constructed by USBRL on the Banihal-Qazigund section.
An Army helicopter carrying senior Defence officials, including Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, crashed at Coonoor in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.