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Indian rescuers battle for third day to free 40 trapped tunnel workers
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More than a hundred rescuers in northern India struggled for a third day on Tuesday to save workers trapped underground after the road tunnel they were
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The construction workers were digging a motorway tunnel, part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's road project. Rescue operations are underway to save those trapped.
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Part of an under-construction road tunnel in a mountainous north Indian state popular with tourists collapsed after a landslide Sunday, trapping more than 30 workers, officials said.
A section of a road tunnel under construction collapsed Sunday after a landslide in northern India, trapping more than thirty workers, according to the AP.
Rescuers were digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel Monday to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide at the construction project in northern India.
A frantic effort is underway in northern India to rescue dozens of workers trapped after a mountain tunnel they were helping to construct collapsed on Sunday, leaving them confined behind a pile of rubble with little oxygen and water.
Officials say all 40 road workers are alive and safe following a tunnel collapse on Sunday. The trapped workers are being supplied with oxygen and water.
Rescuers have reportedly located and established contact with 40 construction workers trapped in a tunnel that collapsed following a landslide in India's Uttarakhand state.
The trapped workers were building part of the Chardham all-weather road, a flagship federal government project connecting various Hindu pilgrimage sites.
Rescuers were digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel Monday to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide at the construction project in northern India.
More than a hundred rescuers in northern India struggled for a third day on Tuesday to save workers trapped underground after the road tunnel they were
Rescue crews have made contact with stranded 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in India, and say they could reach them Tuesday or Wednesday.
40 Indian workers have been trapped in a partially collapsed tunnel for almost 3 days, and rescuers are racing to bore through tons of debris to free them.
