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November 28, 2023

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‘Rat miners’ to help rescue 41 men stuck in Indian tunnel

Rescuers on Monday brought in “rat miners” to bore through a narrow pipe and help extricate 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for more than two weeks after high-powered machinery broke down, officials said. The men, low-wage workers from India’s poorest states, have been stuck in the 4.5km tunnel in Uttarakhand state since it collapsed on 12 November. The men received food, water, light, oxygen and medicine through a tube, but efforts to dig a tunnel ran into a series of entanglements with machinery. Efforts to bore a tunnel horizontally through the debris trapping the

November 21, 2023

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The first images from the Indian tunnel show workers trapped for 9 days

The first images emerged on Tuesday of 41 men trapped for more than a week in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, showing them standing in the confined space and communicating with rescuers. The men have been stuck in the 4.5km tunnel in Uttarakhand state since it caved in early on November 12 and are safe, authorities said, with access to light, oxygen, food, water and medicine. They have not said what caused the cave-in, but the area is prone to landslides, earthquakes and flooding. Efforts to locate the 41 men have been slowed by blockages in the debris

November 20, 2023

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Rescuers drill to send food to trapped Indian tunnel workers

Rescuers are trying to send cooked food and establish a telephone connection to 41 workers trapped for eight days in a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, as they explore new rescue plans after previous efforts failed, officials said Monday. The men have been stuck in the highway tunnel in Uttarakhand state since it caved in early Nov. 12 and are safe, authorities said. They have access to light and supplies of oxygen, dry food, water and medicine are sent through a tube. Authorities expect a second 6-inch pipeline to be drilled into the debris to deliver cooked food will

November 18, 2023

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Rescuers at tunnel collapse in India come up with alternative plan on day 7

INDIA: Rescuers trying to reach workers trapped for nearly a week in a collapsed highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas began working out an alternative plan on Saturday after the operation hit a snag the previous day. The men have been trapped in the hillside tunnel since Sunday morning after it caved in and are safe, authorities said. The trapped workers have light and receive oxygen, food, water and medication through a tube and can communicate by radio. The new plan involves vertical drilling from the top of the mountain under which 41 workers were trapped while working on a

November 18, 2023

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The rescuers replace the drill on the 7th day

INDIA: Rescuers trying to reach workers trapped for nearly a week in a collapsed highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas are working to replace the main digger on Saturday to resume operations after hitting a roadblock. The disaster management office revised the number of people trapped since Sunday morning in the tunnel in Uttarakhand state to 41, from 40. All are safe, authorities said. The egg machine driving through the wreckage broke on Friday. A new machine flown in from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has arrived at the site, Anshu Malik Halko, director at the state-run National

November 12, 2023

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At least 40 Indian workers trapped in tunnel collapse

At least 40 construction workers were trapped Sunday after a road tunnel they were building collapsed in northern India, with rescuers scrambling to reach them under piles of rubble. The collapse occurred early Sunday morning in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand as a group of workers was moving out and replacement workers were moving in. “About 200 meters (218 yards) of the tunnel has collapsed,” said Durgesh Rathodi, a state disaster response officer. AFP from the website. “About 40 to 41 workers are trapped inside. Oxygen is being supplied through the debris, but more debris is falling as rescuers try

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