Digging to Rescue 41 Workers Trapped in Collapsed Tunnel in India Is in Final Stretch

Published on November 23, 2023

UTTARKASHI, India—The rescue of 41 construction workers from a collapsed highway tunnel in northern India could happen later Thursday after nearly two weeks of digging and delays. The drilling of the final stretch resumed following a six-hour delay due to a metal object in the debris damaging the blades of the drilling machine. “The machine has started operating again in full swing. So we are hopeful that it will finish early,” said Atul Karwal, chief of the state-run National Disaster Response Force. “We should be able to rescue them in today’s date,” Mr. Karwal told reporters at the site. The workers have been trapped since Nov. 12, when a landslide caused a portion of the 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) tunnel they were building to collapse about 200 meters (650 feet) from the entrance....

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