Digging to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India delayed for mechanical issue

UTTARKASHI, India — The rescue of 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for nearly two weeks ran into another delay during what was described as the final phase of digging to reach them, officials said Thursday. A heavy machinery works at the the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that had collapsed trapping 40 workers in Silkyara in the northern Uttarakhand state, India, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. This screen grab image provided by the Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force shows one of the 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in Silkyara, in the northern Indian Uttarakhand state, India, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Members of the National Disaster Response Force “will then crawl inside and bring out the workers one by one, most likely on stretchers which have been fitted with wheels,” he said. Peoeple watch rescue operations at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed trapping 41 workers in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.