Rescuers in India Switch to Manual Digging to Extricate Workers From Collapsed Tunnel
Voice of America
Rescue personnel arrive for manual drilling at a collapsed under-construction road tunnel Uttarkashi, state of Uttarakhand, in northern India, Nov. 27, 2023. The collapse on Nov. 12 trapped 41 workers inside. Lights illuminate the entrance of an under-construction road tunnel as rescue operations continue to free workers trapped inside following a collapse, in Uttarkashi, state of Uttarakhand, in northern India, Nov. 27, 2023. This screengrab from video provided by the Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) shows one of the workers trapped inside the collapsed tunnel, Nov. 21, 2023.
Rescue teams will switch to digging by hand in an effort to extricate 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for the past 16 days.
