Indian rescuers to dig new shaft for 41 men trapped for 9 days
Indian rescuers are battling to free 41 men trapped in a road tunnel for nine days since 12 November, as they prepare to dig an entirely new shaft after previous efforts failed. The tunnel in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand is part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's infrastructure project aimed at cutting travel times between some of the most popular Hindu sites in the country, as well as to improve access to strategic areas bordering rival China.
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00:20 We're doing a lot of work at the moment to make sure what we do is safe and
00:34 making sure that the people doing the evacuation is safe.
00:37 And I've just been down in the tunnel, enormous amount of work's been done there
00:41 in preparation.
00:42 And we're just coming up here on top of the mountain to consider other options as
00:45 well.
00:46 But the work I've seen, I only arrived yesterday, but
00:48 the work even between today and yesterday is extraordinary.
00:52 These men are coming home, right?
00:54 They're coming home and the rescuers are safe as well.
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