Authorities are working on new ways to reach the 41 Indian workers trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand state after the main rescue plan suffered a major delay.
Until now, rescuers were drilling a hole horizontally through the rocks to allow the (...)
When Chaudhary realized his son Manjit was one of the 41 construction workers trapped in the collapsed tunnel, he traveled almost 600km (372 miles) from his village in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, to be closer to him.
Chaudhary, 50, has been at (...)
Rescue work to save 41 workers trapped in a tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state has been delayed again because of a problem with the drilling machine.
The US-made machine is being used to drill through the debris to create an escape route for the (...)
The operation to rescue 41 workers trapped inside a tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state has resumed after hitting a snag, officials say.
They hope to free the workers in the next 10-12 hours if things go to plan.
The workers have been inside the (...)
Rescuers in India drilled past the halfway mark on Wednesday in efforts to reach workers trapped in a partially collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas.
Forty-one laborers became trapped in India's northern Uttarakhand state after part of the passageway (...)
Rescuers in India are looking at fresh options to save 41 workers trapped in a tunnel for the past eight days.
New plans had to be conceived after work to push in metal pipes through the debris wall was halted and rescue teams were withdrawn after a (...)
Rescue operations to save 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand have been ongoing since Sunday morning.
Forty workers, who were building the Silkyara tunnel, were trapped when part of it caved in (...)
A specialist drilling machine has been deployed to rescue 40 Indian workers trapped inside a tunnel for more than four days in Uttarakhand state.
It was flown in from Delhi on Wednesday after attempts to drill through the debris using another (...)
The lives of 40 Indian laborers, who have been trapped in a tunnel for more than 72 hours, hang in the balance as authorities try to rescue them.
The workers were building the tunnel in northern Uttarakhand state when a part of it caved in due to a (...)
Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand are racing to rescue around 40 workers who are trapped inside a collapsed tunnel.
The workers were building the tunnel when a part of it caved in on Sunday morning due to a landslide.
A senior (...)