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Added on the 23/11/2023 04:47:10 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Rescue work continue for 41 Indian workers trapped in a road tunnel, 10 days after a portion of it collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. Rescue efforts have been slowed by falling debris as well as repeated breakdowns of the crucial heavy drilling machines, with the air force having to twice airlift new kit. IMAGES
Indian rescuers on Thursday began drilling into a debris-filled tunnel in a bid to reach dozens of people still missing since a flash flood likely caused by a breaking glacier on Sunday. IMAGES
Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, greets workers after they were rescued from a collapsed tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days. IMAGES
Indian rescue teams digging by hand are within just five metres of reaching 41 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 17 days, officials say. IMAGES