Indian rescuers break through tunnel debris to evacuate trapped workers
PHOTO: Reuters
SILKYARA, India — Rescuers on Tuesday (Nov 28) successfully drilled through debris to reach 41 workers trapped for 17 days in a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas and were set to pull them out to safety, an official told Reuters.
The men were stuck in the 4.5-km tunnel in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand since it caved in early on Nov 12.
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