Rescue effort underway as 40 workers trapped in tunnel collapse
13 November 2023
A rescue effort is underway in India after 40 construction workers were trapped by a tunnel collapse in India.
The workers were building a section of tunnel in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand when part of it collapse in a landslide on Sunday morning.
Authorities in the area have been able to contact the men and they are being supplied with oxygen, food and water.
They were working on a section of tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon, part of the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway, when the collapse occurred.
India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police have launched a rescue operation that will involve digging through several metres of debris.
The tunnel project is part of a new highway network to improve access to famous pilgrimage sites in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand.
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