First workers pulled from collapsed tunnel in India
The workers have been trapped since 12 November when a landslide caused a portion of the 4.5 kilometre tunnel they were building to collapse about 200 metres from the entrance.
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00:00 Rescue workers are reportedly meters away from 41 people who have been trapped in a
00:05 collapsed tunnel for more than two weeks in Uttarakhand`s northern region of India.
00:11 The initial effort was expected to last just a few days, but progress has slowed as rescuers
00:16 have been forced to manually dig through rocks and debris with hand-held devices after their
00:21 drilling machine broke down. Families of workers from all over the country have traveled to
00:25 the site where they have camped out for days to get updates on the rescue efforts and in
00:30 hopes of seeing their relatives soon.
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