SILKYARA TUNNEL , India, Nov 28, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Indian rescue teams crept forward Tuesday in a painstaking dig by hand through rock and rubble towards 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 17 days. Rescuers have brought in a superheated plasma cutter to slice through submerged metal rods that have repeatedly impeded progress. Tunnel expert Chris Cooper, who is advising the rescue teams, said Monday he was optimistic that they would break through. The 41 construction workers have been trapped since November 12 in a tunnel being constructed between the remote towns of Silkyara and Dandalgaon in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Though trapped, the workers have plenty of space in the tunnel, with the area inside 8.5 metres (28 feet) high and stretching about two kilometres in length.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha November 28, 2023 05:39 UTC