Indian rescuers still 40m away from workers trapped in collapsed tunnel
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The workers have been supplied with food, water and oxygen through a pipe.
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SILKYARA, India – Rescuers drilled about one-third of the way into the debris of a collapsed highway tunnel in India by Friday morning to reach 40 workers trapped inside for five days
Drilling penetrated through about 21m of debris, Mr Devendra Singh Patwal, a disaster management officer, told Reuters.
They have to cover a total distance of nearly 60m.
Another officer with the rescue team inside the tunnel said the trapped men were doing fine.
The workers have been supplied with food, water and oxygen through a pipe and the authorities have been in contact with them via walkie-talkies.
The 4.5km tunnel in the northern state of Uttarakhand is part of the Char Dham highway, one of the most ambitious projects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
The authorities have not said what caused the tunnel to cave in on Sunday morning, but the region is prone to landslides, earthquakes and floods. REUTERS
