Indian army digs by hand to free 41 trapped tunnel workersThe Silkyara road tunnel in northern India, which partially collapsed on November 12. SILKYARA TUNNEL (INDIA) - Indian military engineers were preparing to dig by hand Monday to reach 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 16 days, a rescue operation hit by repeated setbacks. The 41 construction workers have been trapped in the Silkyara road tunnel since November 12. For the distraught relatives of the trapped men, it has been an ordeal without an imminent end in sight. Though trapped, they have plenty of space in the tunnel, with the area inside 8.5 metres high and stretching about two kilometres in length.
