DEHRADUN, India, Nov 21, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Forty-one Indian workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 10 days were seen alive on camera for the first time Tuesday as workers attempted to create a new passageway to free them. "We will bring you out safely, do not worry," rescuers can be heard telling the helmet-wearing men trapped inside as they gather near the camera, video released by state authorities shows. Excavators have been removing tonnes of earth, concrete and rubble from the under-construction tunnel in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand since November 12, after a portion of the tunnel collapsed. Before the camera was introduced, rescuers had been communicating with the men inside using radios. "All the workers are completely safe", Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said in a statement.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha November 21, 2023 12:11 UTC