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Added on the 28/11/2023 06:54:01 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Indian rescuers dig through the final metres of debris separating them from 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks. IMAGES
Indian rescuers on Thursday began drilling into a debris-filled tunnel in a bid to reach dozens of people still missing since a flash flood likely caused by a breaking glacier on Sunday. IMAGES
As Indian rescuers safely brought out all 41 workers from a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel after a marathon 17-day engineering operation to free them, ambulances can be seen leaving the tunnel entrance. IMAGES
Rescue work continue for 41 Indian workers trapped in a road tunnel, 10 days after a portion of it collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. Rescue efforts have been slowed by falling debris as well as repeated breakdowns of the crucial heavy drilling machines, with the air force having to twice airlift new kit. IMAGES
After 17 days trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel they were building, Indian workers board helicopter to be airlifted to hospital in Rishikesh, a city in northern state of Uttarakhand. IMAGES