India, July 24 -- Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Friday, July 24, said that the government was making all efforts to bring back the body of a Kerala-based geologist who died in the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) hydropower project tunnel collapse in Sikkim on July 20.

Twenty-five people died in the incident, including Aneesh Mohan, who hails from Pampady in Kottayam district.

The Chief Minister's Office (CMO), in a statement, said that Mohan's body, which was recovered late Thursday, July 23 night, will be brought back to Kerala as soon as possible.

It said that the body will reach Kolkata airport by around 1 PM on Friday as it is being transported by road from Sikkim.

The body will be embalmed at the ...