As the trapped workers came out of the under-construction road tunnel after 17 days, the happy end to a rescue effort that had riveted India set off celebrations across the country. Gone for the moment were questions about why the 41 men had been put at risk of being entombed in the tunnel in the …
Rescuers Free 41 Workers Trapped in a Collapsed Indian Tunnel
The workers were trapped for more than two weeks after a landslide caused part of the tunnel they were building to collapse. Source link
Trapped in a Tunnel for 15 Days, With No End in Sight
Over the two weeks that dozens of Indian construction workers have been trapped in a Himalayan road tunnel, the authorities have reported meter-by-meter progress toward reaching them and offered hopeful timelines for their rescue. Each time a breakthrough has appeared imminent, politicians have rushed to the scene. Yet 15 days after disaster struck, the 41 …