US EditionAll 41 workers rescued from collapsed tunnel in India after 17-day ordeal
- A group of 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas were successfully rescued after a 17-day operation, with the last two meters drilled by hand.
- The workers had been trapped since November 12, with their only exit blocked by debris. Rescue efforts faced setbacks, including a broken drill, but eventually succeeded.
- The trapped workers were supplied with oxygen and meals through pipes, and their families gathered at the tunnel exit to pray for their safe return.
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Forty-one workers have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India for 17 days. On Tuesday 28, the men were released. They are to be pulled out on wheeled stretchers through a pipe which is 90 centimetres wide and, according to news agency AFP, 57 metres long.
Rescued Indian tunnel workers speak out after being stuck for 17 days underground
Workers who were freed from a collapsed tunnel in Northern India have spoken about their experience while trapped. The men stayed active for the 17 days they spent underground - engaging in yoga and walks within the tunnel. One worker said he never gave up hope, passing the time playing games on his mobile phone. All 41 men were rescued on Wednesday after spending over two weeks underground. The group are all recovering in hospital.
41 rescued workers emerge dazed and smiling after 17 days trapped in collapsed road tunnel in India
UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — Forty-one construction workers emerged dazed and smiling late Tuesday from a collapsed tunnel where they had been stranded the last 17 days — a happy ending to an ordeal that had gripped India and involved a massive rescue operation that overcame several setbacks. Locals, relatives and government officials erupted in joy, set off firecrackers and shouted “Bharat Mata ki Jai” — Hindi for “Long live mother India” — as happ…
There were a number of setbacks in the liberation of the trapped tunnel workers in India. For the last few meters, the authorities finally hired specialists — whose work is actually illegal.
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